game over

Spiel vorbei, Spiel beendet

Eine Meldung, dass das Spiel vorbei ist, häufig weil man verloren hat.

In einfachem Englisch: A message saying that play has finished, often because the player has lost.

• The screen says game over.
• I lost my last life, and game over appeared.
• After the final boss fell, the screen displayed game over.

Häufige Wendungen: game over screen, game over message

aus und vorbei, alles vorbei

Eine Situation ist beendet, meist weil keine Aussicht auf Erfolg mehr besteht.

In einfachem Englisch: A situation has ended, usually because there is no longer any chance of success.

• Without their support, it’s game over.
• When the files disappeared, it was game over for our project.
• One more defeat and it could be game over for the team.

So benutzt man es: it is game over for someone/something (It was game over for the deal when the bank refused funding.)

Synonyme: the end

Häufige Wendungen: be game over, game over already

Tod, Lebensende

Eine umgangssprachliche Art zu sagen, dass jemand stirbt oder sterben wird.

In einfachem Englisch: A way of saying that someone dies or will die.

• One fatal mistake, and it’s game over.
• Without his safety rope, that fall would have meant game over.
• The pilot knew an engine failure there could mean game over for him.

Synonyme: death

Häufige Wendungen: be game over, game over forever

Game-over-Anzeige

Das Erscheinen einer Bildschirmmeldung, dass das Spiel beendet ist.

In einfachem Englisch: An occasion when a game displays a message saying that play has ended.

• I got a game over.
• Three mistakes led to another game over.
• How many game overs did you get before finishing?

Häufige Wendungen: a game over, another game over