neighbourhood

neighbourhood
noun
(district) Gegend, die; (neighbours) Nachbarschaft, die; attrib. an der od. um die Ecke nachgestellt (ugs.)

your friendly neighbourhood bobby — etc. (coll. joc.) der freundliche Polizist von nebenan

the children from the neighbourhood — die Kinder aus der Nachbarschaft

it was [somewhere] in the neighbourhood of £100 — es waren [so] um [die] 100 Pfund

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noun
1) (a district or area, especially in a town or city: a poor neighbourhood.) die Wohngegend
2) (a district or area surrounding a particular place: He lives somewhere in the neighbourhood of the station.) die Nachbarschaft
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neigh·bour·hood, AM neigh·bor·hood
[ˈneɪbəhʊd, AM -ɚ-]
n
1. (district) Viertel nt, Quartier nt SCHWEIZ
a closed/friendly \neighbourhood ein eigenständiges/freundliches Viertel; (people) Nachbarschaft f
the whole \neighbourhood is talking about it die ganze Nachbarschaft spricht davon
in the \neighbourhood in der Nachbarschaft
2. (vicinity) Nähe f kein pl, Umgebung f
they live in the \neighbourhood of the airport sie wohnen in der Nähe des Flughafens
3. (fig: approximately)
in the \neighbourhood of sth um etw akk herum
we're hoping to get something in the \neighbourhood of £70,000 for the house wir hoffen, dass wir um [die] 70.000 Pfund für das Haus bekommen werden
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(US) ['neɪbəhʊd]
n
(= district) Gegend f, Viertel nt; (= people) Nachbarschaft f

get to know your neighbourhood — lernen Sie Ihre nähere Umgebung or (people also)

all the children from the neighbourhood — all die Kinder aus der Nachbarschaft or der Gegend

she is very popular in this neighbourhood — sie ist bei allen Nachbarn or in der ganzen Nachbarschaft sehr beliebt

your friendly neighbourhood policeman — der freundliche Polizist in Ihrer Nachbarschaft

in the neighbourhood of sth — in der Nähe von etw; ( fig

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neighborhood, besonders Br neighbourhood
A s
1. Nachbarschaft f:
in the neighborhood of
a) in der Umgebung oder Gegend von (od gen),
b) fig ungefähr, etwa, um (… herum);
a man from the neighborhood ein Mann aus der Nachbarschaft
2. koll Nachbarn pl, Nachbarschaft f
3. Gegend f, Viertel n:
a fashionable neighborhood
B adj aus der Nachbarschaft:
a neighborhood boy
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noun
(district) Gegend, die; (neighbours) Nachbarschaft, die; attrib. an der od. um die Ecke nachgestellt (ugs.)

your friendly neighbourhood bobby — etc. (coll. joc.) der freundliche Polizist von nebenan

the children from the neighbourhood — die Kinder aus der Nachbarschaft

it was [somewhere] in the neighbourhood of £100 — es waren [so] um [die] 100 Pfund

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(UK) (Mathematics) n.
Umgebung -en (Mathematik) f. (UK) n.
Nachbarschaft f.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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