Sentence examples of "ertrinken" in German with translation "drowning"

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Er rettete einen kleinen Jungen vor dem Ertrinken. He saved a little boy from drowning.

Sie haben den Jungen vor dem Ertrinken gerettet. They rescued the boy from drowning.

Der junge Mann rettete das Kind vor dem Ertrinken. The young man saved the child from drowning.

Er rettete den Jungen vor dem Ertrinken, aber nur auf Kosten seines eigenen Lebens. He saved the boy from drowning, but only at the cost of his own life.

Mich vor mir selbst schützen zu wollen ist genauso geistreich wie einen Fisch vor dem Ertrinken zu retten. Wanting to protect me from myself is about as ingenious as saving a fish from drowning.

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