etwa — about, approximately, roughly, for instance, for example in German
/ˈɛtva/
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Es ist etwa eigroß.
It's about the size of an egg.
Wieviel kostet ein Weihnachtsbaum in etwa?
Roughly how much does a Christmas tree cost?
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Corpus Neighbors
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dabei
thereby, there, with it, in doing so, at the same time, while doing
nun
now, then
damit
with it, with that
bereits
already
dafür
for it, for this, for that
so
so, (like) that, this way, as, such
noch
still, even, even more, yet
vor
forward(s)
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