Was heißt »zu­meist« auf Englisch?

Das Adverb zu­meist lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • mostly

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Kinder sind zumeist sehr gut darin, fremde Sprachen zu erlernen.

Children are often very good at learning foreign languages.

Im letzten Berichte steht geschrieben, dass weltweit neunzig Prozent des geschmuggelten Kokains auf dem Seeweg befördert werden, und das zumeist per Schnellboot.

In the latest report, it is written that 90% of all the cocaine smuggled in the world is transported by sea, and most of that by speedboat.

Über hundert Tonnen an Staub und sandkorngroßen Partikeln nehmen die Erde jeden Tag aus dem All unter Beschuss, zumeist jedoch unbemerkt.

Over 100 tons of dust and sand-sized particles bombard the earth every day from space, most of which goes unnoticed.

Tom malte zumeist Szenen aus dem Neuen Testament.

Tom mostly painted scenes from the New Testament.

Tom malte zumeist religiöse Szenen.

Tom mostly painted religious scenes.

Tom wuchs fünfsprachig auf; sein Vater war gar siebensprachig. Zu Hause wurde zumeist Deutsch, mit Freunden und Bekannten auch Ukrainisch und Polnisch gesprochen.

Tom grew up speaking five languages; his father spoke as many as seven. The language at home was mostly German, while among friends and acquaintances he spoke Ukrainian and Polish.

Die größte und zahlungskräftigste Besucherschaft Griechenlands sind zumeist britische und amerikanische Reisende.

British and American travelers normally make up the biggest and most affluent pool of visitors to Greece.

In der Arbeitswelt der V. St. hat sich der Einsatz von Robotern von 2009 bis 2017 mehr als verdoppelt, zumeist in der Produktion.

The use of robots in the U.S. workplace more than doubled from 2009 to 2017, the bulk of them in manufacturing.

Synonyme

größ­ten­teils:
chiefly
for the most part
largely
mainly
häu­fig:
common
frequent
frequently
often
haupt­säch­lich:
chiefly
especially
mainly
in der Re­gel:
as a rule
meist:
most
meis­tens:
largely
predominantly
über­wie­gend:
for the most part
predominant

Antonyme

kaum:
hardly
sel­ten:
rare

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The participants were mostly young.

  • Mary hardly ever does what she wants, instead doing mostly what she thinks others want. She makes her own happiness too dependent on their approval.

  • Physical objects are actually made up mostly of space. Even subatomic particles appear more like space than like things.

  • It's mostly documentaries on this channel.

  • Woodpeckers peck mostly old trees.

  • The sky is mostly overcast in the morning, but brightens up in the afternoon.

  • The sky is mostly overcast in the morning, but the cloud disperses in the afternoon.

  • The sky is mostly overcast in the morning, but the cloud breaks up in the afternoon.

  • The weather in the mornings was mostly dull.

  • The photo album contains mostly family photos.

  • Many shopping districts that rely on foreigners are mostly empty.

  • I go mostly just home.

  • The plague is spread mostly by rats.

  • The disease is spread mostly by rats.

  • The disease is spread mostly by rodents.

  • After a week of panic buying, the city's grocery stores have mostly bare shelves.

  • The bottle was still mostly full.

  • In the second half of the month, the weather will be mostly warm and dry, which is typical for our region at this time of year.

  • For lunch, it was mostly just stew.

  • Though terrifying, grizzlies eat mostly fish, berries, grubs, and the occasional sheep.

Zu­meist übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: zumeist. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: zumeist. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1670057, 2672256, 4158628, 7331213, 7331214, 8406083, 10450145, 11719147, 10314499, 10358012, 10613297, 9517169, 10808884, 9440264, 9440263, 9440262, 11066119, 9086227, 9085570, 11194748, 8969618, 8969617, 8969616, 8618433, 8617668, 11759215, 8281523 & 11994540. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR