die Ecke
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From die Ecke (“that corner”), probably first in a local sense, then generalized.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- (colloquial, idiomatic, postpositioned) thereabout, approximately, roughly
- Wo seid ihr überall gewesen? – Nürnberg, Würzburg, Bamberg, so die Ecke.
- “What places did you visit?” − “Nuremberg, Würzburg, Bamberg, thereabout.”
- Ich bin um Mitternacht die Ecke wieder da.
- “I'll be back at midnight or thereabout.”
- Der Baum ist bestimmt zwanzig Meter hoch. – Ja, die Ecke.
- “That tree must be twenty metres high.” – “Yes, thereabout.”