complex preposition

ˈkɒmplɛks prɪˈpɒzɪʃən
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Translation of complex preposition into German

Noun

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group of words acting as a preposition
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komplexe Präposition mehrteilige Präposition zusammengesetzte Präposition
  • In the sentence, 'In front of the house,' 'in front of' is a complex preposition.Im Satz 'Vor dem Haus' ist 'vor dem' eine komplexe Präposition.
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Synonyms and analogies of complex preposition in English

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complex preposition: Examples and translations in context

De occurs as the second element in a number of fixed expressions that function as complex prepositions

De kommt als zweites Element in einer Reihe von festen Ausdrücken vor, die als komplexe Präpositionen eingesetzt werden

simple prepositions: they consist of one word: in, on, at, by, to,... - complex prepositions: a) two-word sequences: + Because of the raining weather...

Präpositionen können auf verschiedene Weise aufgebaut sein: Es gibt einfache Präpositionen, die aus einem einzigen Teil bestehen, wie z.B. in, on, at, by, to, usw. Ferner gibt es komplexe Präpositionen, die aus mehr als einem Teil bestehen.

Technical or compliance documentation often uses noun strings, or a series of nouns used one after the other without any prepositions to describe complex concepts.

Technische oder Compliance-Dokumentationen verwenden häufig Aneinanderreihungen von Substantiven, um komplexe Sachverhalte zu beschreiben.

In the same way that the spectrum of movements in the next years expands with hopping, jumping and climbing, so language development becomes more differentiated in the following years until the school child can correctly use all prepositions, adverbial clauses and also complex subordinate clauses.

Genauso wie sich das Spektrum der Bewegungen in den nächsten Jahren mit Hüpfen, Springen und Klettern erweitert, differenziert sich in den folgenden Jahren die Sprachentwicklung, bis ein Schulkind schließlich alle Präpositionen, adverbialen Bestimmungen und auch kompliziertere Nebensätze richtig einsetzen kann.

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