The Opposites: Die Gegensätze
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Remember "The Rabbit
and The Tortoise" story? The one in which slow, but hardworking tortoise
beats the fast, but lazy rabbit in a race.
Notice the opposites' pair - slow x fast and hardworking x lazy.
,,Slow" heißt ,,langsam'' auf Deutsch. Und ,,fast'' heißt ,,schnell''.
There are obviously many such opposites pairs. Here's a list of few:
There are obviously many such opposites pairs. Here's a list of few:
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Gegensätze
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Opposites
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abwärts
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aufwärts
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downhill
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uphill
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alles
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nichts
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everything
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nothing
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alt
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jung
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old
|
young
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ankommen
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abfahren
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to arrive
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to depart
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annehmen
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ablehen
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to accept
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to refuse
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aufwachen
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schlafen
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to wake up
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to sleep
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bequem
|
unbequem
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comfortable
|
uncomfortable
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berühmt(bekannt)
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unbekannt
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famous (known)
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unknown
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besetzt
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frei
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occupied
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free
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breit
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schmal
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wide
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narrow
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dick
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dünn
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fat
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thin
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dunkel
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hell
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dark
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light
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ehrlich
|
unehrlich
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honest
|
dishonest
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einfarbig
|
bunt
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monochrome
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colourful
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einseitig
|
vielseitig
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one-sided
|
many-sided
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Engel
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Teufel
|
Angel
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Devil
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falsch
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richtig
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wrong
|
right
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fest
|
locker
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tight
|
loose
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fleißig
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faul
|
hard-working
|
lazy
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freudig
|
traurig
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happy
|
sad
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Freund
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Feind
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Friend
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Enemy
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frisch
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verfault
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fresh
|
rotten
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geduldig
|
ungeduldig
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patient
|
impatient
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gesund
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krank
|
healthy
|
ill
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Glück
|
Pech
|
good luck
|
bad luck
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groß
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klein
|
big
|
small
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gut
|
schlecht
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good
|
bad
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gutaussehend
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hässlich
|
good looking
|
ugly
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heiß
|
kalt
|
hot
|
cold
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hier
|
dort
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here
|
there
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hinten
|
vorne
|
behind
|
in front
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hoch
|
niedrig
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high
|
low
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hübsch
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häßlich
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pretty
|
ugly
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hungrig
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satt
|
hungry
|
full
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immer
|
nie
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always
|
never
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interessant
|
langweiling
|
interesting
|
boring
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ja
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nein
|
yes
|
no
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klug
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dumm
|
clever
|
dumb
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lang
|
kurz
|
long
|
short
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mit
|
ohne
|
with
|
without
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nahe
|
weit
|
near
|
far
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nehmen
|
geben
|
to take
|
to give
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nervös
|
entspanned
|
nervous
|
relaxed
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|
neu
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alt
|
new
|
old
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rechts
|
links
|
right
|
left
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reich
|
arm
|
rich
|
poor
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roh
|
gekocht
|
raw
|
cooked
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ruhig
|
laut
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quiet
|
silent
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sauber
|
schmutzig
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tidy/clean
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untidy/dirty
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schnell
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langsam
|
fast
|
slow
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schön
|
häßlich
|
beautiful
|
ugly
|
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schwarz
|
weiß
|
black
|
white
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schwer
|
einfach
|
difficult
|
easy
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schwer
|
leicht
|
heavy
|
light
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süß
|
bitter, sauer
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sweet
|
bitter, sour
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teuer
|
billig
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expensive
|
cheap
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tot
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lebendig
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dead
|
alive
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trocken
|
nass
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dry
|
wet
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unten
|
oben
|
down
|
up
|
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verheiratet
|
ledig
|
married
|
single
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viele
|
wenig
|
lot
|
little
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wahr
|
falsch
|
true
|
false
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weich
|
hart
|
soft
|
hard
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wunderbar
|
furchtbar
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wonderful
|
terrible
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zufrieden
|
unzufrieden
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satisfied
|
dissatisfied
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zusammen
|
allein
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together
|
alone
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zuverlässig
|
unzuverlässig
|
reliable
|
unreliable
|
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wunderbar
|
furchtbar
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wonderful
|
terrible
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zufrieden
|
unzufrieden
|
satisfied
|
dissatisfied
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zusammen
|
allein
|
together
|
alone
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zuverlässig
|
unzuverlässig
|
reliable
|
unreliable
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