inheritance

Erbe, Erbschaft

Geld, Besitz oder andere Dinge, die man nach dem Tod einer Person von ihr erhält.

In einfachem Englisch: Money, property, or other things that you receive when someone dies.

• He spent his inheritance.
• Her inheritance included a small house.
• Did you receive an inheritance from your grandmother?

So benutzt man es: an inheritance from someone (She received an inheritance from her uncle.)

Synonyme: legacy, bequest

Häufige Wendungen: large inheritance, receive an inheritance, inheritance tax

Vererbung, Überlieferung

Der Vorgang, Dinge oder Eigenschaften von früheren Menschen, Generationen oder anderen Quellen zu erhalten.

In einfachem Englisch: The process of receiving things or features from earlier people, generations, or sources.

• Inheritance explains some family similarities.
• The disease follows a pattern of genetic inheritance.
• These languages share words through inheritance from a common ancestor.

So benutzt man es: inheritance of something from someone/something (The study explores the inheritance of traits from parents.)

Synonyme: transmission, passing down

Häufige Wendungen: genetic inheritance, cultural inheritance, inheritance of something