secret

Geheimnis

Eine Information, die jemand vor anderen verbergen möchte.

In einfachem Englisch: Information that someone does not want other people to know.

• Can you keep a secret?
• She told me a secret about her family.
• They discovered secrets that had been hidden for years.

So benutzt man es: keep something a secret (Please keep our plan a secret.)

Synonyme: confidential information

Häufige Wendungen: keep a secret, tell a secret, share a secret, family secret

Geheimnis, Schlüssel

Das entscheidende Mittel oder Vorgehen, durch das etwas gut funktioniert oder erfolgreich ist.

In einfachem Englisch: The important thing or method that makes something work well or explains its success.

• Patience is the secret to success.
• What's the secret of your delicious soup?
• She shared her secrets for growing healthy tomatoes.

So benutzt man es: the secret to something/doing something (Practice is the secret to playing well.); the secret of something (What's the secret of your success?)

Synonyme: key, trick, knack

Häufige Wendungen: secret of success, secret ingredient, secret to something, the real secret

Geheimhaltung, Verborgenheit

Ein Zustand, in dem andere nicht erfahren, was geschieht.

In einfachem Englisch: A state of privacy in which other people do not know what is happening.

• They met in secret.
• We planned the party in secret.
• The two leaders held talks in secret for several months.

So benutzt man es: in secret (They arranged the surprise in secret.)

Synonyme: secrecy, privacy

Gegenteile: openness

Häufige Wendungen: in secret, meet in secret, work in secret

geheim, verborgen

Vor den meisten Menschen verborgen oder nur wenigen bekannt.

In einfachem Englisch: Hidden from most people or known only to a few.

• This is a secret door.
• They held a secret meeting last night.
• We kept the birthday plans secret from Dad.

So benutzt man es: keep something secret (They kept their plans secret.); secret from someone (She kept the news secret from her parents.)

Synonyme: hidden, confidential, private

Gegenteile: public, open

Häufige Wendungen: secret diary, secret meeting, secret agent, keep something secret