background

im Hintergrund, nebensächlich

Vorhanden, aber weniger auffällig oder wichtig als das Hauptgeschehen.

In einfachem Englisch: Present but less noticeable or important than the main thing happening.

• Soft background music filled the room.
• The recording contains too much background noise.
• He removed a few background details from the story.

Synonyme: secondary

Gegenteile: main

Häufige Wendungen: background noise, background music, background activity

Hintergrund

Dinge, die man hinter der wichtigsten Person oder Sache sieht oder hinter dem Hauptklang hört.

In einfachem Englisch: Things you see or hear behind the main person, object, or sound.

• There are hills in the background.
• I heard a dog barking in the background.
• She photographed the red flowers against a green background.

So benutzt man es: in the background (You can hear birds in the background.); against a background of something (The white flowers stood against a background of dark leaves.)

Synonyme: backdrop

Gegenteile: foreground

Häufige Wendungen: in the background, background of something, dark background, picture background

Hintergrund, Herkunft

Die bisherigen Erfahrungen, Bildung, Familie und Lebensumstände, in denen jemand aufgewachsen ist.

In einfachem Englisch: A person’s past experiences, education, family, and the circumstances they grew up in.

• We come from different backgrounds.
• Her background in nursing helped her get the job.
• The company checked his background before hiring him.

So benutzt man es: background in something (She has a background in engineering.); come from a background (He comes from a farming background.)

Synonyme: history, upbringing

Häufige Wendungen: family background, educational background, background in something

Hintergrund

Computeraktivität, die meist unsichtbar weiterläuft, während man ein anderes Programm benutzt.

In einfachem Englisch: Computer activity that continues while you use another program and is usually hidden from view.

• The app runs in the background.
• Updates were downloading in the background while I worked.
• Close programs that are using memory in the background.

So benutzt man es: in the background (The download continues in the background.)

Gegenteile: foreground

Häufige Wendungen: in the background, run in background

in den Hintergrund stellen

Etwas hinter das Hauptmotiv stellen oder weniger auffällig oder wichtig machen.

In einfachem Englisch: To put something behind the main subject or make it less noticeable or important.

• The designer backgrounded the trees.
• Try to background these details in your account.
• She backgrounded the buildings to make the people stand out.

Synonyme: de-emphasize

Gegenteile: foreground

Häufige Wendungen: background something, background minor details