Was heißt »zwei­ma­lig« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv zwei­ma­lig lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • twice

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Nach zweimaligem Klopfen blieb der Polizei nichts anderes übrig, als die Tür aufzubrechen.

After knocking twice, the police had no choice but to break the door down.

Nach zweimaligem Scheitern wollte Wilhelm es kein weiteres Mal versuchen.

Having failed twice, William didn't want to try again.

Synonyme

zwei­fach:
double

Antonyme

ein­ma­lig:
single
singular
unique

Englische Beispielsätze

  • You roll the die twice.

  • You roll the dice twice.

  • You roll twice.

  • If you took twice as much with you, you'd save yourself a journey.

  • This bridge is twice the length of that one back there.

  • There's nothing decent on telly, and I've read the newspaper twice. I'll call it a night.

  • I've already done that twice today.

  • Once won't hurt, but twice is once too often.

  • Our old postman always used to ring twice, but the new one doesn't ring at all sometimes, instead leaving the parcel with the neighbours so that he can finish work faster.

  • I liked the film so much I watched it twice.

  • We went there twice last year.

  • "I've got about three times as many books as Tom." "But Tom's read all his books at least twice. Can you say the same?" "Oh, I haven't got time for reading."

  • If you take twice as much with you, you can save yourself a journey.

  • Although I've now twice taken two tablets, my headache hasn't got any better.

  • Tom has been done for drink-driving twice.

  • The fire brigade had to go out twice this evening.

  • I put twice as many apples in the pie as the recipe said.

  • Having twice missed the bus, he decided to get a taxi.

  • Konrad Adenauer was twice mayor of Cologne before he was elected the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.

  • She owns twice as many books as him.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

mehr­ma­lig:
repeated
Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: zweimalig. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: zweimalig. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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