Was heißt »zie­men« auf Englisch?

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

  • proper
  • beseem

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Das geziemt sich dir.

This befits you.

Derartiges Verhalten geziemt sich nicht für dich.

Such conduct does not beseem you.

Diana kam in 𝑖ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑚 zweitbesten Kleid vorbei und sah genauso aus, wie es sich ziemt, wenn man zum Tee geladen wird.

Diana came over, dressed in HER second-best dress and looking exactly as it is proper to look when asked out to tea.

Es ziemt sich nicht, dass Sie das tun.

It is not appropriate for you to do this.

It isn't appropriate for you to do this.

It's not appropriate for you to do this.

Englische Beispielsätze

  • She's a proper chatterbox, whereas her husband is downright uncommunicative.

  • This, enclosed in a letter to a friend, is the first proper piece of music that Emma wrote.

  • I haven't had a proper holiday for a long time.

  • We need to have a proper clear-out here.

  • We've got to have a proper clear-out here.

  • Peter is a proper whingebag.

  • Where can I get a loaf of bread with a proper crust?

  • Tom is married to a woman with whom he can't actually have a proper conversation, as neither of them speaks the other's language sufficiently well.

  • Tom is married to a woman with whom he can't actually have a proper conversation, as neither he nor she speaks the other's language sufficiently well.

  • We've got a proper snowstorm here.

  • Let's call things by their proper names.

  • The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

  • The neighbours have been turning their balcony into a proper greenhouse.

  • The neighbours have been making their balcony into a proper greenhouse.

  • The neighbours made their balcony into a proper greenhouse.

  • The neighbours have made their balcony into a proper greenhouse.

  • The neighbours turned their balcony into a proper greenhouse.

  • The neighbours have turned their balcony into a proper greenhouse.

  • There was some drizzle, but no proper rain.

  • The coronavirus could strike as many as 10 million Germans unless proper precautions are taken, including social distancing.

Zie­men übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: ziemen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 813054, 4127880, 6287670, 12279954, 12245762, 12098352, 12088226, 11864421, 11864419, 11143319, 10345180, 10275246, 10275245, 10091483, 8990565, 8987452, 8972038, 8855652, 8855651, 8855650, 8855649, 8855648, 8838620 & 8626097. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR