solitary

allein, einsam

Ohne andere Menschen anwesend, Zeit verbringend oder etwas tuend.

In einfachem Englisch: Alone, or spending time or doing something without other people.

• He enjoys solitary walks.
• She led a solitary life in the countryside.
• The fisherman remained solitary for most of the year.

Synonyme: alone, unaccompanied

Häufige Wendungen: solitary life, solitary walk, solitary journey, solitary figure

abgelegen, einsam

Weit von Menschen entfernt und selten besucht.

In einfachem Englisch: Far from other people and rarely visited.

• They found a solitary beach.
• The house stood in a solitary valley.
• We rested in a solitary spot deep in the woods.

Synonyme: secluded, remote, isolated

Häufige Wendungen: solitary place, solitary cottage, solitary valley

Einzelhaft

Das Unterbringen eines Gefangenen allein in einer Zelle, getrennt von anderen Gefangenen.

In einfachem Englisch: Being kept alone in a prison cell, away from other prisoners.

• They put him in solitary.
• She spent ten days in solitary.
• The prisoner was released from solitary yesterday.

Synonyme: solitary confinement, isolation

Häufige Wendungen: in solitary, put in solitary, weeks in solitary

Einsiedler

Eine Person, die allein lebt und wenig Zeit mit anderen verbringt.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone who lives alone and spends little time with other people.

• He lived as a solitary.
• The solitary welcomed few visitors to his hut.
• Several solitaries settled in caves near the monastery.

Synonyme: hermit, recluse

Häufige Wendungen: live as a solitary, religious solitary, a solitary lives