Sentence examples of "im begriff" in German
Er war im Begriff eine endgültige Entscheidung zu treffen.
He was in the process of making a final decision.
Als ich am Bahnhof ankam, war der Zug gerade im Begriff, abzufahren.
When I arrived at the station, the train was just about to leave.
Ich war im Begriff, schlafen zu gehen, als er mich anrief.
I was about to go to bed when he called me up.
Mein Vater war im Begriff zu gehen, als das Telefon klingelte.
My father was about to leave when the phone rang.
Der Lehrer war im Begriff, das nutzlose Gespräch zu beenden, als plötzlich die Faust eines Schülers sein Gesicht traf.
The teacher was about to finish the useless discussion, when his face was hit by a blow from a pupil's fist.
Der Begriff „Sattelzeit“ bezeichnet die Übergangsperiode zwischen Früher Neuzeit und Moderne.
The term "Sattelzeit" denotes the transitional period between the early modern age and the late modern age.
Freundschaft ist ansich ein unbestimmter Begriff, selbst bei gleichgeschlechtlichen Freundschaften nimmt sie vielfältige Formen an und entsteht aus den verschiedensten Motiven.
Friendship in itself is something very vague and even in cases of same-sex friendships, it takes many shapes and is brought on by many different motives.
Für ihn war Hunger ein theoretischer Begriff; er hatte immer genug zu essen.
To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat.
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