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WordReference English-German Dictionary © 2026:
| become ill vi + adj | (get sick, fall unwell) (Übelkeit) | schlecht werden Adj + Hv |
| | | nicht gut gehen Rdw |
| | | sich nicht gut fühlen Rdw |
| | | krank werden Adj + Hv |
| | After eating the fish, she immediately became ill and had to go home. |
critically ill,
critically-ill adj | (sick: might die) | schwer krank Adv + Adj |
| | (informell) | todkrank Adj |
| Anmerkung: A hyphen is used when the term precedes the noun |
| | He is critically ill in Intensive Care after his heart attack. |
| deathly ill adj | (seriously unwell) | schwerkrank Adj |
| | | sterbenskrank Adj |
| | | sehr krank Adj + Adj |
| | He became deathly ill about a month ago. |
| feel ill vi + adj | (feel unwell) (Magenbeschwerden) | schlecht sein Adj + Vi |
| | (allgemeiner Zustand) | schlecht gehen Adj + Vi |
| | That sushi must have been bad because now we all feel ill. |
| get ill vi + adj | informal (become unwell) | krank werden Adv + Vi |
| | There's a chance you'll get ill while you're abroad. |
| | She gets ill when she sees blood. |
| ill adj | (person: sick) | krank Adj |
| | Dan was so ill that he needed to go to the hospital. |
| | Dan war so krank, dass er ins Krankenhaus musste. |
| ill adj | (effects: harmful) | schädlich Adj |
| | | gefährlich Adj |
| | | bedenklich Adj |
| | The medication has a label on it that warns of ill effects. |
| | Das Medikament hat ein Etikett, das vor schädlichen Auswirkungen warnt. |
| ill adj | (evil, inauspicious) | schlecht Adj |
| | | böse Adj |
| | The weird hail storm in the middle of summer was interpreted as an ill omen by the superstitious townspeople. |
| ill adv | (with difficulty, barely) | kaum Adv |
| | | unmöglich Adv |
| | After the market crash the business could ill afford bad publicity. |
| | Nach dem Börsencrash konnte sich das Unternehmen kaum schlechte Werbung leisten. |
| ill adv | (not) | nicht Adv |
| | | in keiner Weise Rdw |
| | (formell) | nicht im entferntesten Rdw |
| | Karen ill deserves such a promotion. |
| ill adv | (badly) | schlecht Adv |
| | (formell) | ungenügend Adv |
| | | scheußlich Adv |
| | The old man always wore ill fitting clothes. |
| | We were ill informed by the insurance company. |
| ill n | literary (misfortune) | Böse Nn |
| | | Übel Nn |
| | He wished every ill upon his enemy. |
| | Er wünschte seinem Feind alles erdenklich Böse. |
| ills npl | figurative (widespread problem) (übertragen) | Leid Nn |
| | The young people hope to bring an end to the ills of hunger and poverty. |
| | Die jungen Menschen hoffen, dem Leid von Hunger und Armut ein Ende zu setzen. |
| ill adj | (bad, poor) | schlecht Adj |
| | | negativ Adj |
| | (Slang) | übel Adj |
| | The city had an ill reputation, but it was actually very nice. |
| ill adv | literary, dated (badly, unkindly) | schlecht Adj als Adv |
| | | ungünstig Adj als Adv |
| | Why dost thou treat me ill? |
| | Sean sprach gerne mal schlecht über seine Nachbarn. |
ill afford [sth],
ill afford to do [sth] v expr | (not be permitted the luxury of [sth]) | sich etwas nicht leisten können VP |
| Anmerkung: "Afford" in this sense usually follows a derivative of "can." |
| | Bill's dire financial situation meant he could ill afford a vacation. |
ill at ease,
ill-at-ease adj | (socially awkward) | sich nicht wohl fühlen VP |
| | | sich komisch vorkommen VP |
| | I am always ill at ease at events where I don't know anyone. |
| ill-disposed adj | (unkind personality) | unfreundlich Adj |
| | | nicht nett Adv + Adj |
| ill disposed to do [sth] expr | (unwilling to do [sth]) | [etw] nicht tun wollen VP |
| | (altmodisch, gehoben) | nicht gewillt sein, [etw] zu tun VP |
| | She was ill disposed to listen to his complaints. |
| ill feeling n | (animosity) (übertragen) | böses Blut Adj + Nn |
| | | sich nicht vertragen, sich nicht verstehen VP |
| | | sich nicht mögen VP |
ill health,
ill-health n | (poor physical condition) | schlechter gesundheitlicher Zustand Rdw |
| | Taking care of yourself when you are young will help avoid ill health later in life. |
ill usage,
ill-usage n | (cruel treatment of [sb/sth]) (ugs) | Missbrauch Nm |
| | | Misshandlung Nm |
| ill will n | (resentment, bad feeling) | Feindseligkeit Nf |
| | | Anthipatie Nf |
| | | Abneigung Nf |
| | There is clearly a feeling of ill will between the two politicians. |
| ill-advised adj | (remark, etc.: unwise) | leichtsinnig Adj |
| | | unüberlegt Adj |
| | | unklug Adj |
| ill-advisedly adv | (unwisely) | dumm Adj |
| | | unklug Adj |
| | | schlecht beraten Adj + Adj |
| ill-assorted adj | (not well-matching) | unpassend Adj |
| | | ungleich Adj |
| | | schlecht zusammengesetzt Adj + V Part Perf |
| ill-bred adj | (lacking good manners) | schlechte Manieren haben VP |
| | | schlecht erzogen Adj + V Part Perf |
| | | frech Adj |
| | (gehoben) | ungezogen Adj |
| ill-conceived adj | (badly planned) | schlecht geplant Adj + V Part Perf |
| | | schlecht durchdacht Adj + V Part Perf |
| ill-considered adj | (done without proper thought) | unüberlegt Adj |
| | | nicht durchdacht Adv + Adj |
| | | leichtfertig Adj |
| ill-defined adj | (vague) | unklar Adj |
| | | vage Adj |
| | | nicht eindeutig Adv + Adj |
| ill-equipped adj | (poorly prepared or equipped) | schlecht ausgestattet Adj + V Part Perf |
| | | schlecht eingerichtet Adj + V Part Perf |
| ill-fated adj | (doomed, having an unhappy ending) (ugs) | verdammt Adj |
| | (liter) | verflucht Adj |
| | The ill-fated decision haunted the politician for the rest of her career. |
ill-favored (US),
ill-favoured (UK) adj | (ugly) | hässlich Adj |
| | | unschön Adj |
| | | nicht hübsch Adv + Adj |
| ill-fed adj | (under-nourished) | unterernährt Adj |
| | | zu wenig zu essen bekommen Rdw |
| | | mager, dürr Adj |
| | The children at the boarding school were very ill-fed—they were never given breakfast, and the dishes rarely contained meat. |
| ill-fitting adj | (clothes: not the right size) | nicht richtig passen Rdw |
| | | die falsche Größe Rdw |
| | | zu klein, zu groß Adv + Adj |
| ill-formed adj | (poorly made) | schlecht gemacht Adj + V Part Perf |
| ill-formed adj | (opinion, law: unfounded) | haltlos Adj |
| | | unbegründet Adj |
| ill-formed adj | (deformed, ugly) (Objekt) | deformiert Adj |
| | (Euphemismus) | unschön Adj |
| ill-founded adj | (unsubstantiated) | inhaltslos Adj |
| ill-gotten adj | literary, idiomatic (acquired illicitly) | gestohlen, geklaut Adj |
| | | unrechtmäßig erworben, illegal erworben Adj + V Part Perf |
ill-humored (US),
ill-humoured (UK) adj | (in a bad mood) | schlecht gelaunt Adj + Adj |
| | | launenhaft, launisch Adj |
| | | übelgelaunt Adj |
| ill-informed adj | (not sufficiently educated) | nicht aufgeklärt Adv + V Part Perf |
| | | schlecht informiert Adj + Adj |
| | | nicht ausreichend unterrichtet VP |
| ill-judged adj | (rash) | leichtsinnig Adj |
| | | unbedacht Adj |
| | | achtlos Adj |
| ill-kempt adj | (shabby, dirty) | ungepflegt Adj |
| | | dreckig Adj |
| ill-kept adj | (badly maintained) | vernachlässigt Adj |
| | | schlecht in Stand gehalten Rdw |
| | | verkommen, verwahrlost Adj |
| | He has a very ill-kept garden, containing so many weeds that it is impossible to see any flowers. |
| ill-mannered adj | (impolite) | unhöflich Adj |
| | | schlechte Manieren haben VP |
| | | unfreundlich Adj |
| | The class that I am teaching this year is full of ill-mannered students. |
| ill-natured adj | (having an unpleasant manner) (ugs) | fies, gemein Adj |
| | | bösartig Adj |
| | (Euphemismus) | unangenehm Adj |
| ill-naturedly adv | (with an unpleasant manner) | böse, bösartig, boshaft Adj als Adv |
| | | gemein, fies, garstig Adj als Adv |
| | | unfreundlich Adj als Adv |
| ill-naturedness n | (unpleasant disposition) | Bösartigkeit, Boshaftigkeit, Böswilligkeit Nf |
| | | Unfreundlichkeit Nf |
| | | Respektlosigkeit Nf |
| ill-omened adj | (unlucky, doomed) | unglücklich Adj |
| | | vom Pech verfolgt Rdw |
| | | unter einem ungünstigen Stern stehen Rdw |
| ill-prepared adj | (not sufficiently ready) | schlecht vorbereitet Adj als Adv + V Part Perf |
| | | unvorbereitet V Part Perf |
| ill-starred adj | literary (unlucky, doomed) (übertragen) | unter einem schlechten Stern stehend, unter keinem guten Stern stehend Rdw |
| | | unglücklich Adj |
| | | widrig Adj |
| ill-suited adj | (inappropriate) | unpassend Adj |
| | | ungeeignet Adj |
| | | nicht zueinander passen VP |
| ill-tempered adj | (grumpy, argumentative) | schlecht gelaunt Rdw |
| | | böse Adj |
| | | gereizt Adj |
| ill-timed adj | (occurring at unsuitable time) | zu einem schlechten Zeitpunkt Rdw |
| | | ungünstig Adj |
| ill-treat [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (abuse) | jmdn/[etw] schlecht behandeln Adj + Vt |
| | | jmdn/[etw] misshandeln Vt |
| ill-treated adj | ([sb]: treated with cruelty) | schlecht behandelt Adj + Adj |
| | | misshandelt Adj |
| | | drangsaliert Adj |
| ill-use [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (treat badly, abuse) | jmdn/[etw] schlecht behandeln Adj + Vt |
| | | misshandeln Vt, fix |
| | | quälen Vt |
| ill-used adj | (treated badly) | schlecht behandelt Adj + Adj |
| | | misshandelt Adj |
| | | gequält Adj |
| mentally ill adj | (psychiatric disorder) | psychisch krank Adv + Adj |
| | (missbilligend) | geisteskrank Adj |
| of ill fame adj | (notorious) | schlechten Ruf haben Rdw |
| | | üblen Ruf haben Rdw |
| | Although de Sade was a man of ill fame, some of his works are considered to be classic French literature. |
| speak ill of v expr | (say bad things about) | schlecht über jemanden reden, schlecht über jemanden sprechen Rdw |
| | | über jemanden herziehen Rdw |
| | | über jemanden lästern Rdw |
| | You should not speak ill of someone when they aren't around. |
| | It's not good to speak ill of the dead. |
| terminally ill adj | (dying from a disease) | unheilbar krank Adj |
| | | eine tödliche Krankheit haben, an einer tödlichen Krankheit leiden Rdw |