kid

Kind

Ein Kind oder ein junger Mensch, in der Alltagssprache.

In einfachem Englisch: A child or young person.

• That kid is very funny.
• The kids are playing outside.
• I loved that song when I was a kid.

Synonyme: child, youngster

Gegenteile: adult

Häufige Wendungen: little kid, young kid, school kid

Kind

Jemandes Sohn oder Tochter, unabhängig vom Alter.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone's son or daughter, who may be a child or an adult.

• Our kid starts school tomorrow.
• Both her kids are married now.
• Do your kids still live at home?

Synonyme: child, offspring

Häufige Wendungen: my kid, youngest kid, grown kid

Zicklein

Eine junge Ziege.

In einfachem Englisch: A young goat.

• The kid followed its mother.
• Two kids were born on the farm.
• A small kid jumped over the fence.

Synonyme: cabrito, capretto

Häufige Wendungen: goat kid, newborn kid

klein, jünger

Vor „brother“ oder „sister“ zeigt es, dass der Bruder oder die Schwester jünger ist als man selbst.

In einfachem Englisch: Used before brother or sister to show that they are younger than you.

• My kid brother loves football.
• She took her kid sister to the cinema.
• I used to share a room with my kid brother.

Häufige Wendungen: kid brother, kid sister

Antilopenjunges

Eine junge Antilope.

In einfachem Englisch: A young antelope.

• The antelope hid her kid in tall grass.
• Two kids followed the herd across the plain.
• The newborn kid stayed close to its mother.

Häufige Wendungen: antelope kid, newborn kid

scherzen

Etwas zum Spaß sagen oder tun, ohne es ernst zu meinen.

In einfachem Englisch: To say or do something as a joke.

• I am only kidding.
• The boys were kidding around in class.
• You must be kidding about that price!

So benutzt man es: kid around (Stop kidding around and listen.); kid with someone (I was only kidding with you.)

Synonyme: joke, joke around

Häufige Wendungen: kid around, kid with someone

täuschen

Jemanden dazu bringen, etwas Unwahres zu glauben.

In einfachem Englisch: To make someone believe something that is not true.

• You cannot kid me.
• He tried to kid us about his experience.
• Who are you kidding with that story?

Synonyme: fool, deceive, trick

Häufige Wendungen: kid someone, kid nobody

sich etwas vormachen

Etwas über sich selbst oder die eigene Zukunft glauben, das nicht realistisch ist.

In einfachem Englisch: To believe something about yourself or your future that is not realistic.

• Do not kid yourself.
• She kidded herself that he would change.
• We were kidding ourselves about how much time we had.

So benutzt man es: kid yourself that… (Do not kid yourself that this will be easy.); kid yourself about something (He was kidding himself about his chances.)

Synonyme: delude oneself, deceive oneself

Häufige Wendungen: kid yourself, kid oneself