Sentence examples of "im gegenteil" in German
"Bist du fertig?" "Im Gegenteil, ich fange gerade an."
"Have you finished it?" "On the contrary, I'm just starting."
"Bist du fertig?" "Im Gegenteil, ich habe noch nicht einmal begonnen."
"Have you finished?" "On the contrary, I have not even begun yet."
Ich glaube, du liebst deinen Job. - Im Gegenteil, ich hasse ihn!
I believe you like your job. On the contrary, I hate it.
Er ist nicht faul. Im Gegenteil, ich glaube, dass er hart arbeitet.
He's not lazy. On the contrary, I think he's a hard worker.
Du denkst ich hätte nichts zu tun; im Gegenteil, ich bin sehr beschäftigt.
You think I have nothing to do; but on the contrary, I am very busy.
Sterben ist nicht das Gegenteil von leben: man verbringt sein Leben damit, zu leben und verbringt nicht seinen Tod mit dem Sterben.
Dying is not the opposite of living: we spend our life living while we don't spend our death dying.
Ein seltsames deutsches Wort ist "entfernen", denn die Vorsilbe "ent-" bedeutet, dass man etwas fortnimmt, in diesem Fall also die Ferne fortnimmt, sich also nähert, was aber das genaue Gegenteil der wirklichen Bedeutung von "entfernen" ist.
A curious German word is "entfernen" (to put some distance between), because the prefix "ent-" means to take something away, in this case the distance, but taking away the distance would mean to bring it closer which is the exact opposite of what the word "entfernen" means.
Sie sagen, er wäre schuldig, aber ich bin vom Gegenteil überzeugt.
They say he is guilty, but I believe the contrary.
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