how

how
[haʊ] adv
1) (in what manner, way) wie;
\how is it that you're here? wieso [o warum] bist du da?;
\how do you know the answer? woher weißt du die Antwort?;
\how do you mean? that I should go now? wie meinen Sie das, ich sollte jetzt gehen?;
\how do you mean he crashed the car? wie er hat das Auto kaputtgefahren? (fam)
just do it any old \how mach's wie du willst (fam)
\how come? wie das?;
to know \how to cook/fix cars/swim kochen/Autos reparieren/schwimmen können
2) (for quantities) wie;
\how far/long/many wie weit/lange/viele;
\how much wie viel;
\how much do you miss your family? wie sehr vermisst du deine Familie?;
\how much [or often] do you visit Mary? wie oft besuchst du Mary?;
\how much is it? wie viel [o was] kostet es?
3) (for emphasis)
\how I laughed at that movie! was ich über diesen Film gelacht habe! (fam)
\how I wish you wouldn't say things like that! ich wünschte wirklich, du würdest nicht solche Dinge sagen!;
and \how! und ob [o wie] !;
\how about that! was sagt man dazu!;
\how's that for a classy car wenn das kein nobles Auto ist!;
\how's that for an excuse ist das nicht eine klasse Ausrede! (fam)
\how pretty/strange/terrible! wie schön/seltsam/schrecklich!;
\how nice of you to stop by! wie nett von Ihnen vorbeizuschauen!
4) (about health, comfort)
\how are you? wie geht es Ihnen?;
\how are things? wie geht's [denn so]? (fam)
\how's life been treating you? und wie ist es dir so ergangen?;
\how is your mother doing after her surgery? wie geht's deiner Mutter nach ihrer Operation?;
\how was your flight? wie war Ihr Flug?;
\how's work? was macht die Arbeit?;
\how's that? (comfortable?) wie ist das?;
(do you agree?) passt das?;
\how do you do? (meeting sb) Guten Tag [o Abend] !
5) (inviting)
\how about a movie? wie wäre es mit Kino?;
\how would you like to go have a drink? möchtest du vielleicht etwas trinken gehen?;
\how [or fam \how's] about coming over tonight? wie wär's, willst du heute Abend zu mir kommen?;
(suggesting)
\how about trying to expand our European market? sollten wir nicht versuchen, unseren europäischen Markt zu erweitern?;
if your car's broken, \how about taking the tram wenn dein Auto kaputt ist, könntest du doch die Straßenbahn nehmen;
John suggested breaking for lunch - \how about it? John hat vorgeschlagen, eine Mittagspause zu machen - was meinst du?
6) (that) dass;
she explained \how they had got stuck in traffic sie erklärte, dass sie im Verkehr stecken geblieben waren n
usu pl
the \hows and whys das Wie und Warum;
the child's \hows and whys seemed endless die Fragen des Kindes schienen kein Ende nehmen zu wollen;
the \hows and whys of business/cooking/yoga alles über das Geschäft/das Kochen/Yoga

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