"Alle sind begeistert."

Translation: Everyone is excited.

[germsquirm44]

I don't know if this has anything to do with the origin of the word, but the way I remember begeistert = excited is to imagine someone being like a geyser, about to blow.

[Melina.Arins]

AFAIK, "geist" = "ghost". The German and the English words share the same origin. So, if something has a "geist", it means it has a spirit, or a heart, then it is "enheartened", "animated" (remembering that the Latin word "anima" means "spirit" too), thus "excited".

[DaveGilmor2]

Can it be "inspired" then? Spirit = geist, isn't it?

[mehbleh123]

Oh no, everyone's got Yokai XD

[Lucioregner]

Why "All are excited" is not a valid translation?

[LB_StorM]

Because as easy as it is to translate to an english word that "sounds like" the german word, you have to be careful. No one really says "All are excited" in normal english.

All what? All elephants? All bees? All austrians?

[anuragmundhada]

All the party people

[soffod]

How about "they are all excited"? This was marked wrong... But shouldn't it be correct?

[JJ1856]

It's accepted now. Which I put but does seem unnatural if referring to people. Back translating would 'Jeder ist begeistert' be more normal in German for 'Everyone is excited'?

[G-Shumway]

I think it is. It's not typical for conversational speech but for certain written passages or descriptive speech such as coverage of an event, it is certainly used.

[AdityaKatoch]

For me all are excited was OK

[EliE]

I submitted "lively" as a translation for begeistert, which I think should be a valid translation, as it is synonymous with "enthusiastic"- otherwise I think it is a good translation, seeing as how begeistert derives from "Geist"- spirit.

[Flipperwaldt]

Why is "everyone is enthused" incorrect?

[lauraschmuldt]

I think enthused should definitely be accepted, its actually a more accurate and literal translation than excited, since the origin of the word enthusiasm is to be possessed by a god or a spirit.

[MartinB688]

I learned 'begeistert' as 'enthusiastic' and 'Begeistung' as 'enthusiasm' at school in England

[ACardAttack]

So Everyone in German is plural, but in English is singular, correct?

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

ja

[Citruslet]

it seems the other day someone said alles is singular, and dictionary says so too

[gtg061r]

after almost two decades of on and off german, this is the first time I have ever seen the word for 'excited' in german

just saying

[Mantas360729]

difference from aufgeregt?

[xievoueeeer]

but sind means are.. wouldn't "everyone is excited" be "alle ist begeistert"

[G-Shumway]

I don't think so. It seems to be just a matter of convention. English and German both treat a lot of collective nouns as singular. But I see more instances in German where the plural is used.

[ginagillen]

why does DL translate begeistert as delighted?

[James713124]

begeistert : blown away? is that too extreme?

[ljupcosst66]

sind = are,
ist = is

[bobmayo]

Why not all are energized?

[Andrew-Macdonald]

Is "Alle" a plural noun in German?

[Sean563791]

This could also be 'Everyone is shocked' or 'Everyone is amazed'

[MalcolmJac5]

Why is " They are all excited" not accepted?.

[HGrootZevert]

I put down 'everyone is captivated', I thought this could also be used for 'begeistert' and on linguee they do use begeistern as well as the more commonly used gefesselt (both meaning captivate). I'm not sure how wrong I am here, because I have used the word like this in German conversation before. That is not to say that I agree that 'excited' is the better translation here, im just wondering if captivated should also be considered correct.

[Yvonne608224]

Why is it pronounced 'begeistret' when it is spelled 'begeistert'?

[RobertHJMa]

Surely 'Alle ist begeistert' should be accepted?

[timfalkenberg]

Slightly off topic I guess, but can anyone here explain the difference in usage between "begeistert" and "aufregend"? Is it just regional?