spy

bespitzeln, ausspionieren

Jemanden heimlich beobachten, um herauszufinden, was er tut.

In einfachem Englisch: To watch someone secretly and find out what they do.

• Are you spying on me?
• He spied on his neighbours from the window.
• The children tried to spy through the fence.

So benutzt man es: spy on someone (Stop spying on your neighbours.); spy through something (He spied through a gap in the curtains.)

Häufige Wendungen: spy on someone, spy through something

spionieren

Heimlich Informationen für ein Land oder eine Organisation sammeln.

In einfachem Englisch: To secretly collect information for a country or organization.

• He was paid to spy.
• She spied for her country for years.
• The agents were spying on a rival company.

So benutzt man es: spy for someone/something (He spied for a foreign intelligence service.); spy on someone/something (They were accused of spying on the government.)

Häufige Wendungen: spy for someone, spy on someone

erspähen, erblicken

Jemanden oder etwas bemerken oder plötzlich sehen.

In einfachem Englisch: To notice or suddenly see someone or something.

• I spied a bird in the tree.
• She spied her brother across the crowded room.
• Can you spy a figure on the hill?

So benutzt man es: spy someone/something doing something (We spied a deer crossing the path.)

Synonyme: spot, notice, catch sight of

Häufige Wendungen: spy someone ahead, spy something nearby, spy someone approaching, spy something outside

Spion, Geheimagent

Person, die heimlich Informationen für ein Land oder eine Organisation sammelt.

In einfachem Englisch: A person who secretly collects information for a country or organization.

• The spy stole secret documents.
• They caught two spies near the military base.
• She worked as a spy during the war.

So benutzt man es: a spy for someone/something (He was a spy for a foreign government.)

Synonyme: secret agent, intelligence agent

Häufige Wendungen: enemy spy, foreign spy, a secret spy

Spion, Spitzel

Person, die andere heimlich beobachtet, um herauszufinden, was sie tun.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone who secretly watches other people to learn what they are doing.

• There is a spy at the window.
• She feared a spy would photograph her private meeting.
• He accused his neighbour of being a spy.

Häufige Wendungen: a hidden spy, a nosy spy