Vocabulary
die
Bedenkzeit
/bəˈdɛŋkˌtsaɪ̯t/· noun· Pl. —
time to think it over
Before a planned procedure, a patient should be informed early enough to decide calmly — the time between the Aufklärung and the consent is the Bedenkzeit. In an emergency there is little or none. Outside medicine: an offer or a contract can come with a week's Bedenkzeit.
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- Singular
- die Bedenkzeit
- Plural
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- der Bedenkzeit
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Bedenkzeit
time to think (a decision)
Sie müssen sich nicht sofort entscheiden, Sie haben Bedenkzeit.
You don't have to decide now, you have time to think it over.
Word family
Bedenkzeitbedenkento considerdie Bedenkendoubts, concernsbedenklichworryingdie Zeittime
Common combinations
- Bedenkzeit haben / bekommento have / get time to think
- sich Bedenkzeit nehmento take time to think
- um Bedenkzeit bittento ask for time to think
- ausreichend Bedenkzeitenough time to think
Real examples
- Nehmen Sie sich Bedenkzeit und sprechen Sie mit Ihrer Familie.Take some time to think and talk to your family.
- Die Patientin hatte ausreichend Bedenkzeit und hat keine weiteren Fragen.The patient had enough time to consider and has no further questions.
- Er hat um zwei Tage Bedenkzeit gebeten.He asked for two days to think it over.
