Definition of German conjunction um

Definition German conjunction um (in order to, for what purpose): Beschreibung eines Zweckes; wozu with definitions, descriptions, explanations, synonyms and grammatical information in the dictionary.

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A1 · conjunction · subordinating
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English in order to, for what purpose, to

/ʊm/

Beschreibung eines Zweckes; wozu

» Um wen geht es? English Who is it about?

Meanings

Beschreibung eines Zweckes, wozu

Meanings

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Example sentences

  • Um wen geht es? 
    English Who is it about?
  • Wenn er kommt, dann um so besser. 
    English If he comes, so much the better.
  • Ich bin hier um zuzuhören. 
    English I'm here to listen.
  • Er ging hinaus um zu essen. 
    English He went outside to eat.
  • Setz dich, um deine Stiefel anzuziehen. 
    English Sit down to put on your boots.
  • Um alles zu erklären würde ich ewig brauchen. 
    English It would take forever for me to explain everything.
  • Er ging ins Bad, um zu duschen. 
    English He went to the bathroom to take a shower.
  • Er rannte, um sie einzuholen. 
    English He sprinted to catch up to them.
  • Mobil-Funk braucht Strahlen, um zu funktionieren. 
    English Mobile radio needs waves to function.
  • Ich schicke einen Kurier, um es abzuholen. 
    English I am sending a courier to pick it up.

Example sentences

Translations

English in order to, for what purpose, to
Russian для, для того чтобы, для чего, затем чтобы, чтобы
Spanish a fin de, para, para qué
French pour, pour quoi
Turkish için
Portuguese para, para que
Italian per, perché
Romanian pentru, pentru ce
Hungarian azért, célból, hogy, miért
Polish aby, po co
Greek για να
Dutch om, waarom, waarvoor
Czech aby
Swedish för att
Danish for, for hvad, til, til hvad
Japanese ために, 為, 目的のために
Catalan per, per a què, per què
Finnish jotta, miksi, miksi varten, tarkoitus
Norwegian for, hvorfor, til, til hva
Basque zergatik, helburu
Serbian da, da bi, za
Macedonian за, за да, за што
Slovenian da, za, za kaj
Slowakisch aby, na čo
Bosnian da, da bi, za
Croatian kako bi, da, zašto
Ukrainian для, для чого, з метою
Bulgarian за да
Belorussian для таго каб, каб
Indonesian agar, supaya, untuk
Vietnamese nhằm, để
Uzbek uchun
Hindi के लिए, ताकि
Chinese 以便, 为了
Thai เพื่อ, เพื่อที่จะ
Korean 도록, 위해, 위해서
Azerbaijani üçün
Georgian იმისათვის რომ, რათა
Bengali জন্য, যাতে
Albanian që, për të
Marathi जेणेकरून, साठी
Nepali ताकि, का लागि
Telugu కోసం, లా
Latvian lai
Tamil அதற்காக, பொருட்டு, வண்ணம்
Estonian et, selleks et
Armenian համար, որպեսզի
Kurdish bo, bo ku, ji bo
Hebrewבשביל، כדי
Arabicل
Persianبرای، برای چه
Urduکی خاطر، کے لئے، کے لیے
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