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German
Is „circa“ and „ungefähr“ interchangeable?
If not, can you please give me some examples when to use which?
Thank you very much :)
If not, can you please give me some examples when to use which?
Thank you very much :)
- German
@kelvinchanchan133
circa is latin and means „around“.
circa 5 means around 5, so might be 4, 5 or 6; might 4.9 or 5.1
In that sense yes, they an be used interchangeably
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@kelvinchanchan133
Man kann übrigens auch das Wort „etwa“ verwenden, about.
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