Was heißt »zeh­ren« auf Englisch?

Das Verb zeh­ren lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • consume
  • exhaust
  • weaken
  • tax
  • sap
  • gnaw at
  • feed on
  • live on
  • eat
  • digest
  • devour
  • use up
  • beg
  • extort
  • wring out

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Wir arbeiten mehr, aber wir verdienen auch weniger. Den Großteil davon zehren Steuern und Miete auf.

We’re working more but we’re also earning less. Most of the money we make is spent on taxes and rent.

Das zehrte seine finanziellen Mittel auf.

This depleted his financial resources.

Synonyme

an­grei­fen:
affect
attack
be­ein­träch­ti­gen:
affect
impair
spoil
ent­kräf­ten:
debilitate
ha­ben:
have
loh­nen:
pay
reward

Antonyme

stär­ken:
invigorate
oneself
refresh
starch
strengthen

Englische Beispielsätze

  • I won't eat any more cherries.

  • I'm not going to eat any more cherries.

  • There's a little restaurant in Park Street where we used to eat.

  • "What do you want to eat today?" "I fancy kale again."

  • "What do you want to eat today?" "I quite fancy curly kale again."

  • "I couldn't eat it," she said apologetically.

  • She doesn't eat raw fish.

  • He isn't a cannibal, so he doesn't eat people. He just murders them.

  • The cat knocked over the tin of fish so that it could eat its contents.

  • I got up at four, had something to eat, and then went back to sleep.

  • I got up at 4.00, had something to eat, and then went back to sleep.

  • It's not always possible to eat well when you're travelling in this part of the world.

  • "Don't you like it, Tom?" "I do. It's fantastic, Mary. I just can't eat any more."

  • Wash those figs before you eat them.

  • Tom didn't eat the eggs I boiled for him.

  • Wash these figs before you eat them.

  • Don't eat what fell on the floor.

  • Don't eat what's been on the floor.

  • Tom is going to get something to eat.

  • If you didn't eat the cake I made, your sister must have.

Untergeordnete Begriffe

aus­zeh­ren:
deplete

Zeh­ren übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: zehren. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: zehren. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 10212699, 12254593, 12425175, 12425174, 12422521, 12409163, 12409160, 12392835, 12380528, 12331217, 12316455, 12295381, 12295380, 12292238, 12289029, 12288906, 12288783, 12287240, 12287220, 12287219, 12260560 & 12259771. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR