German translation of 'twice'
adverb
zweimal
twice as much/many doppelt or zweimal so viel/so viele
twice as much bread doppelt so viel or zweimal so viel Brot, die doppelte Menge Brot
twice as long as … doppelt or zweimal so lange wie …
at twice the speed of sound mit doppelter Schallgeschwindigkeit
she is twice your age sie ist doppelt so alt wie du
twice 2 is 4 zweimal 2 ist 4
twice weekly, twice a week zweimal wöchentlich, zweimal pro Woche
a twice-weekly newspaper eine Zeitung, die zweimal wöchentlich erscheint
he didn’t need to be asked twice da brauchte man ihn nicht zweimal zu fragen
he’s twice the man John is er steckt John in die Tasche (inf)
he’s twice the man he was er ist ein ganz anderer Mensch geworden
I’d think twice before trusting him with it ihm würde ich das nicht so ohne Weiteres anvertrauen
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They worked together just twice more.
About twice that many votes may be cast today.
We were able to do it once and that means you can do it twice.
He had scored twice in four minutes before launching into a rendition of the anthem.
It is a country that has twice been a world champion.
But twice coming back from two sets down against him does help your mentality.
The longterm unemployed are ill for almost twice as many days as workers.
It will certainly make us think twice about hiring more people.
Use a body scrub twice a week to get rid of any rough patches.
By most measures its operations are roughly twice as effective as the industry average.
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She gazed up at him, blinking once or twice, apparently surprised at his cleverness.
"I've been to France twice."— "So have we."
This battery lasts twice as long as other makes.
twice a week
He needs to inject himself twice a day.
As half time neared, Hardyman almost scored twice.
Twice a week the streetwise brothers-in-arms go nightclubbing together.
She was reported for speeding twice on the same road within a week.
the aircraft circled the town twice
The semi-finalists had to play twice in the day to make up for time lost to bad weather.
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twice
British English: twice
/twaɪs/ ADVERB
If something happens twice, it happens two times.
I've met him twice.
- American English: twice /ˈtwaɪs/
- Arabic: مَرَّتَيْـن
- Brazilian Portuguese: duas vezes
- Chinese: 两次
- Croatian: dvaput
- Czech: dvakrát
- Danish: to gange
- Dutch: tweemaal
- European Spanish: dos veces
- Finnish: kahdesti
- French: deux fois
- German: zweimal
- Greek: δις
- Italian: due volte
- Japanese: 二度
- Korean: 두 번
- Norwegian: to ganger
- Polish: dwa razy
- European Portuguese: duas vezes
- Romanian: de două ori
- Russian: дважды
- Spanish: dos veces
- Swedish: två gånger
- Thai: สองครั้ง
- Turkish: iki kere
- Ukrainian: двічі
- Vietnamese: hai lần
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