Usage examples of "abwechselnd" in German with translation to English

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Ich bin abwechselnd Optimist und Pessimist. I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.
Glück und Pech wechseln sich ab. Good luck alternates with misfortune.
Wir haben uns mit dem Fahren abgewechselt. We took turns with the driving.
Ungerade Zahlen wechseln sich mit geraden ab. Odd numbers alternate with even ones.
Sie fuhren abwechselnd das Auto. They drove the car one after the other.
Wir machten abwechselnd eine Pause. We took a rest one after the other.
John und ich waren abwechselnd am Steuer. John and I took turns driving.
Wir erzählten uns abwechselnd Geschichten über seltsame Begebenheiten. We took turns telling tales of strange happenings.
Mary und ihre Schwester kümmerten sich abwechselnd um ihre kranke Mutter. Mary and her sister took turns at looking after their sick mother.
Auf der Grundlage dieses Systems müssen die Schüler sich abwechselnd unterrichten und sich gegenseitig helfen. The basis of this system is that the students must take turns in teaching, they have to help each other.
Kommentatoren haben das Geräusch der Vuvuzelas abwechselnd als "nervtötend" und "satanisch" beschrieben und es mit "einer Stampede von wütenden Elefanten", "einem ohrenbetäubenden Schwarm von Heuschrecken" , "einer Ziege auf dem Weg zur Schlachtbank", " einem gigantischen Stock voll sehr wütender Bienen" und "einer Ente auf Drogen" verglichen. Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".
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