Vocabulary
die
Analogie
/analoˈɡiː/· noun· Pl. die Analogien
analogy
Explaining something new by something familiar — the heart as a pump, the brain as a computer: useful, but never exact.
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Forms
- Singular
- die Analogie
- Plural
- die Analogien
- Genitiv
- der Analogie
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Analogie
analogy
Die Analogie zwischen Gehirn und Computer greift zu kurz.
The analogy between the brain and a computer falls short.
Word family
Analogieanaloganalogous; analogueder Analogieschlussargument by analogydie Analogiebildungformation by analogy
Common combinations
- eine Analogie ziehento draw an analogy
- in Analogie zuby analogy with
- die Analogie hinktthe analogy doesn't hold
Real examples
- Die Autorin zieht eine Analogie zwischen Sprache und Musik.The author draws an analogy between language and music.
- Diese Analogie hinkt, denn ein Staat ist kein Unternehmen.This analogy doesn't hold, because a state is not a company.
- In Analogie zum Wasserkreislauf erklärt die Lehrerin den Kreislauf des Geldes.By analogy with the water cycle, the teacher explains the circulation of money.
