Sentence examples of "abstract" in English

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The theory is too abstract for me. Die Thoerie ist zu abstrakt für mich.
I made an abstract of a book. Ich habe eine Zusammenfassung eines Buchs angefertigt.
Some abstract art is difficult to understand. Manche abstrakte Kunst ist schwer zu verstehen.
Goodness is abstract, a kind act is concrete. Gutherzigkeit ist abstrakt, eine liebenswürdige Tat ist konkret.
To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat. Für ihn war Hunger ein theoretischer Begriff; er hatte immer genug zu essen.
Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes his heart entirely to money. Das Geld ist die menschliche Glückseligkeit in abstracto; daher wer nicht mehr fähig ist, sie in concreto zu genießen, sein ganzes Herz an dasselbe hängt.
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