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welcome

German translation: Willkommen

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English term or phrase:welcome
German translation:Willkommen
Entered by: Maya Jurt

10:16 Sep 26, 2001
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering
English term or phrase: welcome
Welcome
karen
Willkommen
Explanation:
You open the door to friends coming over: You say : "Willkommen"

Someone say thank you and you answer: "Bitte sehr" or "Gern geschehen"

Hope that helps.
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Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 23:33
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2Willkommen
Sprachprof (X)
4 +2Willkommen
Maya Jurt
4 +1Wilkommen
Bram Poldervaart


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Wilkommen


Explanation:
n.n.

Bram Poldervaart
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maya Jurt: Bitte sehr!
1 min
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Willkommen


Explanation:
You open the door to friends coming over: You say : "Willkommen"

Someone say thank you and you answer: "Bitte sehr" or "Gern geschehen"

Hope that helps.


Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 343
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cochrum
5 mins
agree  Bram Poldervaart: with two l's right!
10 mins
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Willkommen


Explanation:
Willkommen sounds APPROXIMATELY like "will common"

Sprachprof (X)
Local time: 23:33
PRO pts in pair: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maya Jurt: what a good idea to help with pronounciation!
4 mins
agree  Mary Worby: But the 'w' is pronounced like a 'v' (-:
26 mins
  -> agreed, but I consciously chose English words so that the questioner would know the approximate pronunciation
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