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Nachdenken

reflection

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Meaning of Nachdenken

serious thought about something

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German/ˈnaːxˌdɛnkən/
Russian transcription[rəzmɨˈʃlʲenʲɪjə]
reflection
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Nachdenken with Russian translation

Nachdenken usage examples

🇷🇺Russian🇩🇪German

После разговора мне нужно было время на размышления.

Nach dem Gespräch brauchte ich Zeit zum Nachdenken.

🇷🇺Russian🇩🇪German

Его размышления длились долго.

Sein Nachdenken dauerte lange.

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What's the difference between Nachdenken / Besinnung / Überlegung / Reflexion / Spiegelung / Spiegelbild

B
🇩🇪German
Besinnung

Calm, thoughtful reflection; often with a sense of inner focus or self-examination.

C1Often
Ü
🇩🇪German
Überlegung

Common word for thinking something over, considering an option, or making a decision; more practical and rational.

C1Very Often
R
🇩🇪German
Reflexion

More learned and abstract; means thoughtful, critical consideration, often in philosophical or academic contexts.

C1Often
S
🇩🇪German
Spiegelung

Not mental reflection, but the physical mirroring of light, images, or shapes in water, glass, etc.

C1Often
S
🇩🇪German
Spiegelbild

A mirror image of something; a concrete visual image, not a mental process.

C1Often
W
🇩🇪German
Widerspiegelung

More literary word for reflection, representation, or manifestation of something; often figurative, but not personal thinking.

C1Rarely

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Nachdenken means reflection. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce Nachdenken

/ˈnaːxˌdɛnkən/

Nachdenken translation

reflection

Nachdenken examples

Nach dem Gespräch brauchte ich Zeit zum Nachdenken.

Nachdenken transcription

/ˈnaːxˌdɛnkən/

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Nachdenken meaning: what does it mean?

ernsthafte Gedanken über etwas

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Nach dem Gespräch brauchte ich Zeit zum Nachdenken. Translation: После разговора мне нужно было время на размышления.

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