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

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"Fast" is the opposite of "slow." "Schnell" ist das Gegenteil von "langsam".
Opposite there is a six-story building. Dort gegenüber ist ein sechsstöckiges Gebäude.
Tom, desperate, howled: "Mary! Where are you?" from the very left edge of the sentence. "I fear I'm from now on, fully at the opposite from you" drily retorted Mary. Tom schrie verzweifelt "Mary! Wo bist du?" vom linken Satzende. "Ich fürchte, dass ich dir nun vollkommen entgegengesetzt gegenüberstehe.", war die trockene Antwort Marys.
Becoming rich is the opposite of becoming poor. Sich bereichern ist das Gegenteil von verarmen.
The opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel. Die einander gegenüber liegenden Seiten eines Parallelograms sind parallel.
Waking up is the opposite of going to sleep. Aufwachen ist das Gegenteil von Einschlafen.
Their house is just opposite the bus stop. Ihr Haus steht genau gegenüber der Bushaltestelle.
It's exactly the opposite which is true: there is nothing after death, and yet eternity on earth. Genau das Gegenteil ist wahr: Es gibt nichts nach dem Tod, aber eine Ewigkeit auf der Erde.
Opposite the park there is a beautiful river. Gegenüber dem Park ist ein schöner Fluss.
Dying is not the opposite of living: we spend our life living while we don't spend our death dying. Sterben ist nicht das Gegenteil von leben: man verbringt sein Leben damit, zu leben und verbringt nicht seinen Tod mit dem Sterben.
A curious German word is "entfernen" (to put some distance between), because the prefix "ent-" means to take something away, in this case the distance, but taking away the distance would mean to bring it closer which is the exact opposite of what the word "entfernen" means. Ein seltsames deutsches Wort ist "entfernen", denn die Vorsilbe "ent-" bedeutet, dass man etwas fortnimmt, in diesem Fall also die Ferne fortnimmt, sich also nähert, was aber das genaue Gegenteil der wirklichen Bedeutung von "entfernen" ist.
They went in opposite directions. Sie gingen in unterschiedliche Richtungen.
We hold the opposite view Wir sind gegenteiliger Meinung
His remarks had the opposite effect. Seine Bemerkungen hatten den gegenteiligen Effekt.
North is the opposite direction from south. Norden ist die entgegensetzte Richtung von Süden.
By mistake I boarded a train going in the opposite direction. Versehentlich bestieg ich einen Zug, der in die Gegenrichtung fuhr.
Imogen of the Internet can type over 110 words per minute, but runs a 20-minute mile. The rest of her family has the opposite problem. Imogen aus dem Internet kann über 110 Wörter pro Minute tippen, aber sie läuft eine Meile in 20 Minuten. Der Rest ihrer Familie hat das umgekehrte Problem.
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