Translation of "world" - English-German dictionary

world

noun /wəːld/

› the planet Earth

die Welt
every country of the world.

› the people who live on the planet Earth

die Welt
The whole world is waiting for a cure for cancer.

› any planet etc

die Welt
people from other worlds.

› a state of existence

die Welt
Many people believe that after death the soul enters the next world
Do concentrate! You seem to be living in another world.

› an area of life or activity

die Welt
the insect world
the world of the international businessman.

› a great deal

eine Unmenge
The holiday did him a/the world of good.

› the lives and ways of ordinary people

die Welt
He’s been a monk for so long that he knows nothing of the (outside) world.
worldly adjective

› of or belonging to this world; not spiritual

weltlich
worldly pleasures.
worldliness noun

›

die Weltlichkeit
worldwide adjective, adverb

› (extending over or found) everywhere in the world

weltweit
a worldwide sales network
Their products are sold worldwide.
the best of both worlds

› the advantages of both the alternatives in a situation etc in which one can normally only expect to have one

das Beste von beiden Seiten
A woman has the best of both worlds when she has a good job and a happy family life.
for all the world

› exactly, quite etc

in jeder Hinsicht
What a mess you’re in! You look for all the world as if you’d had an argument with an express train.
out of this world

› unbelievably marvellous

phantastisch
The concert was out of this world.
what in the world(?)

› used for emphasis when asking a question

was in aller Welt
What in the world have you done to your hair?

(Translation of “world” from the PASSWORD English–German Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

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