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| Expression | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Windschutzscheibe | windshield, windscreen |
| Wir können uns duzen. | veer KUEN-nen oons DOO-tsen |
| Wirklich? | VEERK-likh |
| Wirt | innkeeper, landlord, host |
| Wo ist …? | voh ist |
| Wo ist der Bahnhof? | Where is the train station? |
| woanders | elsewhere, somewhere else |
| wöchentlich | weekly |
| womit | what … with |
| worauf | what are you still waiting for? |
| Workshop | workshop |
| worüber | what … about |
| worum | what … about |
| zelten | camp |
| zerfallen | collapse, disintegrate |
| Zimmermädchen | chambermaid |
| Zitrone | lemon tree |
| zumal | particularly, especially, above all |
| zurücktreten | recede, subside |
| zusammenarbeiten | cooperate, co-operate, collaborate |
| zusammenfassen | unite, bring together, combine, integrate |
| Zusammenfassung | combination, integration |
| Zustand | condition, state |
| Zuständigkeit | responsibility |
| zwangsläufig | inevitable, unavoidable |
