they

they
pronoun
1) sie
2) (people in general) man
3) (coll.): (he or she)

everyone thinks they know best — jeder denkt, er weiß es am besten

4) (those in authority) sie; die (ugs.). See also academic.ru/74401/their">their; theirs; them; themselves
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[ðei]
pronoun
(used only as the subject of a verb)
1) (persons, animals or things already spoken about, being pointed out etc: They are in the garden.) sie
2) (used instead of he, he or she etc when the person's sex is unknown or when people of both sexes are being referred to: If anyone does that, they are to be severely punished.) er,sie,es
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they
[ðeɪ]
pron pers
1. (3rd person plural) sie
where are my glasses? \they were on the table just now wo ist meine Brille? sie lag doch gerade noch auf dem Tisch
see those people sitting over there? are \they the ones you were talking about? siehst du die Leute da drüben? sind das die, von denen du gesprochen hast?
it's \they (form) das sind sie
\they who ... (form) wer ...
\they who look closely, will see the difference wer genau schaut, kann den Unterschied erkennen
2. (he or she) er, sie
ask a friend if \they could help frag einen Freund, ob er helfen kann
anyone can join if \they are a resident jeder, der hier lebt, kann beitreten
3. (people in general) sie
the rest, as \they say, is history der Rest ist Geschichte, wie es so schön heißt
\they say ... es heißt, ..., man sagt, ...
4. (fam: those with authority)
\they've decided to change the bus route into town es wurde beschlossen, die Busroute in die Stadt zu ändern
do \they really notice if you leave some of your income off your tax forms? merkt das wirklich jemand, wenn du nicht dein gesamtes Einkommen auf dem Steuerbescheid angibst?
\they cut my water off man hat mir das Wasser abgestellt
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[ðeɪ]
pers pron pl
1) sie

they are very good people — es sind sehr gute Leute

it is they (form) — sie sind es

they who — diejenigen, die or welche, wer (+sing vb)

2)

(= people in general) they say that ... — man sagt, dass ...

they are going to build a new road — man will or sie wollen eine neue Straße bauen

they are thinking of changing the law — es ist beabsichtigt, das Gesetz zu ändern

3) (inf)

if anyone looks at this closely, they will notice ... — wenn sich das jemand näher ansieht, wird er bemerken ...

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they [ðeı] pron
1. (pl zu he1, she, it) sie:
they go
2. man:
they say that …
3. es:
who are they? they are Americans wer sind sie? es oder sie sind Amerikaner
4. (auf Kollektiva bezogen) er, sie, es:
the police …, they … die Polizei…, sie (sg)
5. they who diejenigen, welche
* * *
pronoun
1) sie
2) (people in general) man
3) (coll.): (he or she)

everyone thinks they know best — jeder denkt, er weiß es am besten

4) (those in authority) sie; die (ugs.). See also their; theirs; them; themselves

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