somewhere

somewhere
1. adverb
1) (in a place) irgendwo

somewhere about or around thirty [years old] — [so (ugs.)] um die dreißig [Jahre alt]

somewhere between five and ten — [so (ugs.)] zwischen fünf und zehn

2) (to a place) irgendwohin

get somewhere — (coll.) (in life) es zu etwas bringen; (in a task) weiterkommen

2. noun

look for somewhere to stay — sich nach einer Unterkunft umsehen

she prefers somewhere hot for her holidays — in den Ferien fährt sie am liebsten irgendwohin, wo es heiß ist

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adverb ((American someplace) (in or to) some place not known or not named: They live somewhere in London; I won't be at home tonight - I'm going somewhere for dinner.) irgendwo
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some·where
[ˈsʌm(h)weəʳ, AM -(h)wer]
adv inv
1. (in unspecified place) irgendwo
I think we've met \somewhere before ich glaube, wir sind uns irgendwo schon mal begegnet fam
\somewhere around here hier irgendwo
\somewhere else woanders, irgendwo anders
\somewhere nice/warm irgendwo, wo es nett/warm ist
can we go \somewhere special for dinner? können wir in ein besonderes Restaurant zum Essen gehen?
2. (to unspecified place) irgendwohin
\somewhere else woandershin, irgendwo anders hin
3. (roughly) ungefähr
the turnover is \somewhere around [or in the region of] £70.7 million die Umsätze liegen bei ungefähr 70,7 Millionen Pfund
\somewhere between 30 and 40 so zwischen 30 und 40
4.
to get \somewhere Fortschritte machen, weiterkommen
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['sʌmwɛə(r)]
adv
1) be irgendwo; go irgendwohin

somewhere else — irgendwo anders, anderswo, irgendwo anders hin, anderswohin

to take one's business somewhere else — seine Geschäfte woanders machen

from somewhere —

from somewhere else — von irgendwo anders, anderswoher

I left it somewhere or other — ich habe es irgendwo liegen/stehen lassen

I know somewhere where ... — ich weiß, wo ...

I needed somewhere to live in London — ich brauchte irgendwo in London eine Unterkunft

we just wanted somewhere to go after school —

it's about or around somewhere — es ist hier irgendwo

somewhere about or around here — irgendwo hier in der Nähe

somewhere nice/cheap — irgendwo, wo es nett/billig ist

the ideal place to go is somewhere like New York — am besten fährt man in eine Stadt wie New York

he went to live in Cumbria or somewhere like that — er zog nach Cumbria oder so

somebody somewhere must know where she is — irgendjemand irgendwo muss wissen, wo sie ist

don't I know you from somewhere? — kenne ich Sie nicht von irgendwoher?

2) (fig)

the temperature was somewhere about 40° C — die Temperatur betrug ungefähr 40° C or war um die 40° (inf)

somewhere about £50 or in the region of £50 — um (die) £ 50 herum

she is somewhere in her fifties — sie muss in den Fünfzigern sein

somewhere between midnight and one o'clock — irgendwann zwischen Mitternacht und ein Uhr

the truth lies somewhere in the middle —

somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 people — irgendwo zwischen 10.000 und 20.000 Leute

now we're getting somewhere — jetzt kommen wir voran

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somewhere adv
1. a) irgendwo
b) irgendwohin:
somewhere else sonstwo(hin), woanders(hin):
get somewhere umg Fortschritte machen;
look for somewhere to stay eine Unterkunft suchen; academic.ru/49886/night">night Bes Redew
2. somewhere about so etwa, um … herum:
this happened somewhere about 1900
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1. adverb
1) (in a place) irgendwo

somewhere about or around thirty [years old] — [so (ugs.)] um die dreißig [Jahre alt]

somewhere between five and ten — [so (ugs.)] zwischen fünf und zehn

2) (to a place) irgendwohin

get somewhere — (coll.) (in life) es zu etwas bringen; (in a task) weiterkommen

2. noun

look for somewhere to stay — sich nach einer Unterkunft umsehen

she prefers somewhere hot for her holidays — in den Ferien fährt sie am liebsten irgendwohin, wo es heiß ist

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adv.
irgendwo adv.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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