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

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Selten haben menschliche Wesen ein solches Desaster erlebt. Seldom have human beings experienced such a disaster.
Das Wesen der Freiheit liegt in der Mathematik. The essence of liberty is mathematics.
Er hat ein freundliches Wesen. He has a friendly nature.
Oh, sie ist das schönste Wesen, das ich je erblickte! Oh! She is the most beautiful creature I ever beheld!
Es ist ein lebendiges Wesen, so natürlich scheißt es. It's a living being, so of course it shits.
Das Wesen der Mathematik liegt in ihrer Freiheit. The essence of mathematics is liberty.
Freude trinken alle Wesen an den Brüsten der Natur; alle Guten, alle Bösen folgen ihrer Rosenspur. All creatures drink joy at the breast of nature; all good, all evil follow her trail of roses.
Um die Wahrheit zu sagen, er ist kein menschliches Wesen. To tell the truth, he is not a human being.
Wenn man Sprache als ein lebendiges Wesen begreift, das von der Gesamtheit aller Sprecher geformt wird, macht es wenig Sinn, strikt in "falsch" und "richtig" einzuteilen. If you see language as a living being, formed by the entity of all speakers, dividing strictly into "right" and "wrong" makes little sense.
Ich bin ein Mensch; kein menschliches Wesen ist mir fremd. I am a man; no human is strange to me.
Sobald wir geboren sind, beginnt die Welt an uns zu arbeiten und verwandelt uns von nur biologischen in soziale Wesen. As soon as we are born, the world gets to work on us and transforms us from merely biological into social units.
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