detour

Umweg, Umleitung

Ein anderer, oft längerer Weg als der geplante oder übliche.

In einfachem Englisch: A different, often longer route taken instead of your planned or usual route.

• We took a detour.
• The roadworks forced us to make a long detour.
• A short detour brought us past the lake.

So benutzt man es: detour around something (The detour around the bridge added ten minutes.); detour via somewhere (We took a detour via the coast.)

Synonyme: diversion, alternative route

Häufige Wendungen: take a detour, make a detour, short detour

einen Umweg machen, ausweichen

Einen anderen, oft längeren Weg als geplant nehmen.

In einfachem Englisch: To go by a different, often longer route than the one you planned.

• We had to detour.
• The bus detoured around the closed bridge.
• Can we detour through the park on our way home?

So benutzt man es: detour around something (We detoured around the flooded road.); detour through somewhere (They detoured through a nearby village.)

Synonyme: divert, go around

Häufige Wendungen: detour around something, detour through town, detour via somewhere