twice

twice
adverb
1) (two times) zweimal

she didn't have to be asked twice! — da brauchte man sie nicht zweimal zu fragen!

twice a year — zweimal im Jahr

2) (doubly) doppelt

twice as strong — etc. doppelt so stark usw.

he's twice her age — er ist doppelt so alt wie sie; see also academic.ru/74589/think">think 2. 1)

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adverb
1) (two times: I've been to London twice.) zweimal
2) (two times the amount of: She has twice his courage.) doppelt
3) (two times as good etc as: He is twice the man you are.) zweimal
- think twice about doing something
- think twice about something
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twice
[twaɪs]
I. adv inv zweimal
\twice a day zweimal täglich
II. adj inv doppelt
she is \twice his age sie ist doppelt so alt wie er
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[twaɪs]
adv
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 —

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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twice [ˈtwaıs] adv zweimal:
twice 3 is 6 2 mal 3 ist 6;
think twice about sth fig sich eine Sache zweimal überlegen;
he didn’t think twice about it er zögerte nicht lange;
twice as much doppelt oder zweimal oder noch einmal so viel, das Doppelte;
he’s twice her age er ist doppelt so alt wie sie;
the plane was flying at twice the speed of sound das Flugzeug flog mit doppelter Schallgeschwindigkeit;
twice the sum die doppelte Summe; once A 1
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adverb
1) (two times) zweimal

she didn't have to be asked twice! — da brauchte man sie nicht zweimal zu fragen!

twice a year — zweimal im Jahr

2) (doubly) doppelt

twice as strong — etc. doppelt so stark usw.

he's twice her age — er ist doppelt so alt wie sie; see also think 2. 1)

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adv.
doppelt adv.
zweimal adv.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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