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NOTE: For today's Word of the Day, we're doing something a little different. Here's a single English word that can have a variety of meanings (in English and German):
space =
der Abstand (Abstände) space, distance (between objects, seats)
der Durchschuss space (between lines, typography)
das Leere (empty) space (adj., leer)
ins Leere laufen to come to nothing, get nowhere
die Leere emptiness, space
das Leerzeichen space (typog.)
die Lücke (-n) (empty) space, parking space (between cars), gap
neues Wort space (between two words when spelling aloud), "new word"
der Platz (Plätze) space, area (gap, empty area)
der Platz (Plätze) space (between words, etc.)
der Raum (Räume) space (physics, astron.), outer space, room
die Spatien (pl.) spaces (between words, typography)
der Weltraum space, outer space
der Zeilenabstand space (between lines of type)
mit doppeltem Zeilenabstand double-spaced
der Zeitraum space (of time)
der Zwischenraum space (between things)
Können Sie bitte Platz für uns schaffen?
Can you please clear some space for us?
Sie starrte ins Leere.
She stared into space.
Related: die Leertaste space bar/key (typing); das offene Land wide, open spaces; in kurzer Zeit in a short space of time
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