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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

to count by fives

German translation:

in Fünferschritten zählen

Nov 5, 2003 18:24
20 yrs ago
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English term

to count by fives

Non-PRO English to German Other Mathematics & Statistics mathematics, education
"Count up to 30 by fives." means to count: 5,10,15,20,25,30.
(Similarly, to count by twos, to count by tens...etc)
Proposed translations (German)
4 +13 in Fünferschritten
4 +8 in Fünferschritten
5 -2 in 5er Takt ....
Change log

Jun 15, 2005 23:04: NGK changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Mathematics & Statistics"

Proposed translations

+13
3 mins
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in Fünferschritten

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Note added at 4 mins (2003-11-05 18:28:41 GMT)
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in Fünferschritten zählen

http://www.google.de/search?q=Fünferschritten &ie=UTF-8&oe=U...
Peer comment(s):
agree Cilian O'Tuama : send me a mail when you're taking a break! :-)
1 min
There is no rest for the compulsive. :-)
agree Geneviève von Levetzow
3 mins
agree Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
11 mins
agree Tobias Ernst
33 mins
agree Marta Alfonso Perales
35 mins
agree Sonja Schuberth-Kreutzer
2 hrs
agree Will Matter
2 hrs
agree Anglo-German (X)
5 hrs
agree Agnieszka Hayward (X)
5 hrs
agree Stefanie Sendelbach : Correct. That's exactly how we would say it in Germany.
9 hrs
agree Andrea Kopf
12 hrs
agree inasielema
18 hrs
agree dudzik
1 day 5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks so much!"
+8
3 mins

in Fünferschritten

literally "in steps of 5"

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Note added at 2003-11-05 18:34:08 (GMT)
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2s: in Zweierschritten
10s: in Zehnerschritten

Zahl: in \'Zahl\'erschritten
Peer comment(s):
agree Alexandra Collins
2 mins
agree Geneviève von Levetzow
3 mins
agree Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
11 mins
agree Schwabamädle
23 mins
agree Marta Alfonso Perales
35 mins
agree Sonja Schuberth-Kreutzer
2 hrs
agree Will Matter
2 hrs
agree Anglo-German (X) : Wie sich die Antworten gleichen :-)
5 hrs
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-2
41 mins

in 5er Takt ....

also a possibility!

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Note added at 2003-11-05 19:28:59 (GMT)
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sorry for the typo....im, not in....
Peer comment(s):
disagree Klaus Herrmann : Wenn schon 100%, dann bitte i*m* Takt. Allerdings hört sich Takt zumindest für meine Ohren krumm an.
15 mins
okay! You are the native speaker....I stand corrected! (funny though; how different things sound to a native >bzw< foreigner!) greetz...john
disagree dudzik : würde ein native nicht sagen
1 day 4 hrs
when someone says, "I stand corrected," it is rude to continue to correct him...thank you anyway native speaker two!
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