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3 September 2004

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German Language
Das Wort des Tages
German Word of the Day

umschreiben to paraphrase, rephrase, outline; refer to obliquely, skate around (fig.); circumscribe.

Der Ministerpräsident umschrieb das vorsichtig mit einer „großen Entfernung im Denken und Handeln“ zwischen Ost und West.
The governor cautiously rephrased that with a “large gap in thinking and acting” between East and West. (Brandenburg's SPD Gov. Matthias Platzeck)


RELATED: die Umschreibung paraphrasing, circumscription, oblique reference; rewriting, transliteration, adaptation

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