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Richtung

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nounfeminine
  1. direction
  2. school of thought, branch, subfieldalso used in a wider sense of "type" in certain compounds
prepositioninformal
  1. towards, toin the context of larger scale orientation; arrival at the location is not implied

Forms

Declension

singularplural
nominativeRichtungRichtungen
genitiveRichtungRichtungen
dativeRichtungRichtungen
accusativeRichtungRichtungen

Used in the library

  • In welche Richtung gehen wir?Which direction are we going in?A1Große und kleine Wörter — Big words and small ones (A1)
  • In welche Richtung gehen wir? Unbedingt nach links.Which way are we going? Definitely left.A1Noch einmal, bitte (6) — Once more, please (6) (A1)
  • Niemand muss hungern: Die Suppenküche ist in dieser Richtung.Nobody has to go hungry: the soup kitchen is this way.A1Noch einmal, bitte (7) — Once more, please (7) (A1)
  • Auf einmal war der Kuchen weg, und der Hund sah in die andere Richtung.All at once the cake was gone, and the dog was looking the other way.B1Noch einmal, bitte (4) — Once more, please (4) (B1)

Other ways to say it

  • genin the direction; to; towards (a place or time)
  • nachafter, past (later in time); after, behind (in sequence)
  • zuto, towards (indicates directionality); with respect to; regarding

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