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| Direttissima {f} | most direct route; direttissima [Br.] (mountaineering) | |
| die Direttissima nehmen | to take the most direct route | |
| in der Direttissima | taking the most direct route | |
| Sollen wir die Serpentinen ausgehen oder die Direttissima nehmen? | Shall we follow the switchbacks or take the direct route/direttissima [Br.]? | |
| Beim Flug zum Merkur kann man nicht die Direttissima nehmen, man muss sich dem Planeten in einer ausgeklügelten Spirale nähern. | You cannot take the most direct route to Mercury, you have to approach the planet in a sophisticated kind of spiral. | |
| Von da an ging es in der Direttissima Richtung Gipfelkreuz. | From that point on we took the straightest route/direttissima [Br.] to the cross on the summit. | |
| Sie gingen querfeldein durch den Wald, in der Direttissima durch Unterholz und Gestrüpp. | They cut across country through the wooded area, making a beeline for their destination, through underbrush and thickets. |