Sentence examples of "breit" in German with translation "wide"

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Wie breit ist dieser Fluss? How wide is this river?
Das Tal war zwanzig Meilen breit. The valley was twenty miles wide.
Das Tal war zweiunddreißig Kilometer breit. The valley was twenty miles wide.
Der Mississippi ist tief und breit. The Mississippi River is deep and wide.
Das Leben ist nicht lang, es ist breit! Life is not long, it is wide!
Der Damm, der den Fluss staut, ist sehr breit. The dam blocking the river is very wide.
Das Sofa ist breit genug, dass vier Leute darauf sitzen können. The sofa is wide enough for four people to sit on.
Der mystische Krake, der so dick wie ein Schiff und dreimal so breit war, griff einmal die Flotte von Christoph Kolumbus an... und hat Kolumbus keine andere Wahl gelassen, als ihn zu essen. The mythical Kraken, thick as a ship and three times as wide, once made an attack on Christopher Columbus's fleet... giving Columbus no choice but to eat him.
Mein Wohnzimmer hat breite Fenster. My living room has wide windows.
Ich habe keine breiten Hüften. I don't have wide hips.
Sie durchschwamm den breiten Fluss. She swam across the wide river.
Wir bieten Ihnen eine breite Servicepalette an We offer a wide range of services
Schneide den geviertelten Chinakohl in breite Streifen. Cut the quartered Chinese cabbage into wide strips.
Eine kurze Zeit lang waren breite Krawatten in Mode. For a short period of time, wide neckties were in style.
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