Sentence examples of "um" in German with translation "for the sake of"

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Tom tat es um seines Landes willen. Tom did it for the sake of his country.
Wir studieren die Vergangenheit um der Zukunft willen. We study the past for the sake of the future.
Erbarme dich, mein Gott, um meiner Zähren willen! Have mercy, my God, for the sake of my tears!
Um seiner Gesundheit willen hörte er auf zu rauchen. He stopped smoking for the sake of his health.
Um ihrer Gesundheit willen zog sie an einen wärmeren Ort. She moved to a warmer place for the sake of her health.
Tom ist der Typ eines Menschen, der gerne diskutiert, nur um des Diskutierens willen. Tom is the type of person who likes to argue just for the sake of arguing.
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