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

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Hier sind etwa 10 Jungs. Here are about ten boys.
Es wird etwa 10000 Yen kosten. It will cost around 10000 yen.
Es ist etwa zwei Meilen. It's about two miles.
Es geht etwa um acht Uhr dreißig los. It starts around 8:30.
Dieses Wörterbuch enthält etwa vierzigtausend Stichwörter. This dictionary contains about 40,000 headwords.
Ich werde etwa um ein Uhr fünfunddreißig den Bahnhof erreichen. I'm arriving at the station around one thirty-five.
Belgrad hat etwa zwei Millionen Einwohner. Belgrade has about 2 million inhabitants.
Ich stand etwa um fünf auf. I got up about five.
Er kam um etwa vier Uhr. He came at about four o'clock.
Die Stadt hat etwa 100.000 Einwohner. The population of the city is about 100,000.
Wie viele Bücher hast du in etwa? About how many books do you have?
Sie ist etwa genauso groß wie du. She's about the same height as you.
Wir gingen etwa sechs Kilometer zu Fuß. We walked for about 6 kilometers.
Dieses Wörterbuch hat etwa 40.000 Einträge. This dictionary contains about 40,000 headwords.
Nikkō liegt etwa hundertzwanzig Kilometer nördlich von Tōkyō. Nikko is situated about seventy five miles north of Tokyo.
Er wird um etwa 5 Uhr dort ankommen. He will arrive there about five o'clock.
Sie war ein junges Mädchen, etwa in deinem Alter. She was a young girl about your age.
Etwa gegen Mittag schaute ein Freund von mir vorbei. Round about noon a friend of mine popped in.
Der Berg liegt etwa 3000 Meter über dem Meeresspiegel. The mountain is about 3000 meters above sea level.
Man braucht etwa zehn Minuten, um ein Ei zu kochen. It takes about ten minutes to boil an egg.
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