Usage examples of "Namen nennen" in German with translation to English

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Die Dinge beim rechten Namen nennen. Call a spade a spade
Bitte nennen Sie mir Ihren Namen. Please tell me your name.
Jeder kann seinen eigenen Namen schreiben. Anyone can write his own name.
Könntest du mir eine ungefähre Zahl nennen? Could you give me a ball-park figure?
Er hat einen lustigen Namen. He has a funny name.
Wie nennen Sie Ihre Freunde? What do your friends call you?
Sie gab ihm ihren Namen und ihre Telefonnummer. She gave him her name and telephone number.
Die Einheimischen nennen diesen Fluss den „menschenverschlingenden Fluss“ und fürchten ihn. The locals call this river the man-eating river and fear it.
Würden Sie bitte hier Ihren Namen, Ihre Adresse und Ihre Telefonnummer hinschreiben. Please write down your name, address, and phone number here.
Er ging so weit, mich einen Lügner zu nennen. He went so far as to call me a liar.
Ich schrieb meinen Namen auf das Blatt. I wrote my name on the paper.
Sie nennen diesen Planeten „Erde“. They call this planet 'Earth'.
Auch wenn ich wirklich gerne seinen Namen wissen würde, habe ich nicht den Mut, herüber zu gehen und zu fragen. Even though I really want to know his name, I don't have enough courage, and I'm afraid to go ask.
Bitte nennen Sie mich Joe. Please call me Joe.
Verzeihen Sie; ich habe Ihren Namen nicht ganz verstanden. I beg your pardon; I didn't quite catch your name.
Damit eine Sprache international ist, reicht es nicht, sie so zu nennen. For a language to be international, it does not suffice to say that it is so.
Ich kenne deinen Namen. I know your name.
Wie nennen euch eure Freunde? What do your friends call you?
Sein Cousin, dessen Namen ich vergessen habe, war ein Krankenpfleger. His cousin, whose name I forget, was a nurse.
An diesem Tag im Jahre 1887 erschien in Warschau eine Broschüre von Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof über eine "Internationale Sprache". Ihr Umfang war bescheiden, ihr Motto ehrgeizig: "Damit eine Sprache international ist, reicht es nicht, sie so zu nennen." Als Autor war ein "Dr. Esperanto" angegeben. On this day in 1887 appeared in Warsaw a booklet of Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof about the "International Language". Its size was modest, its motto ambitious: "For a language to be an international one, is not enough to call it as such." The name of the author was given as "Dr. Esperanto".
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