 German |
 English |
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| Vorläufer {m} (einer späteren Entwicklung) (Sache) | antecedent; forerunner; precursor; predecessor (of a later development) (thing) ![[listen]](/pics/s1.png "antecedent"){kind=small} |
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| Vorläufer {pl} | antecedents; forerunners; precursors; predecessors | |
| Charles Babbages Rechenmaschinen waren die Vorläufer des Computers. | Charles Babbage's calculating engines were the antecedents of the computer. | |
| klingen; tönen [poet.] [Schw.] {vi} (einen bestimmten Klang haben) [mus.] [ling.] |
to sound |
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| klingend; tönend | sounding | |
| geklungen; getönt | sounded | |
| es klingt | it sounds | |
| es klang | it sounded | |
| es hat/hatte geklungen | it has/had sounded | |
| es klänge | it would sound | |
| aus etw. herausklingen | to sound out from sth. | |
| es klingt wie | it sounds like | |
| Sie klang nicht sehr erfreut, von ihm zu hören. | She didn't sound that pleased to hear from him. | |
| Das klingt wie aus einem Roman/Buch von Charles Dickens. | That sounds quite Dickensian to me. |