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1) räumlich (ab, herkommend) from;
\von woher...? where ...from?, from where...?;
\von weit her kommen to come from a long way away;
ich fliege morgen mit der Maschine \von München nach Hamburg tomorrow I'm flying from Munich to Hamburg;
\von hier bis zur Wand müssten es etwa fünf Meter sein it must be about five metres from here to the wall;
\von diesem Fenster kann man alles gut beobachten you can see everything very well from this window;
wie komme ich vom Bahnhof am besten zum Rathaus? how can I best get from the station to the town hall?;
diese Eier sind \von unserem eigenen Hof these eggs are from our own farm;
(aus ... herab/heraus) off, out of;
er fiel \von der Leiter he fell off the ladder;
sie fiel vom Baum she fell out of the tree
2) räumlich (etw entfernend) from, off;
die Wäsche \von der Leine nehmen to take the washing in off the line;
sich den Schweiß \von der Stirn wischen to wipe sweat from one's brow;
er nahm die Whiskyflasche \von der Anrichte he took the bottle of whisky from the sideboard
3) zeitlich (stammend) from;
die Zeitung \von gestern yesterday's paper;
Ihr Brief vom ... your letter from ...;
ich kenne sie \von früher I knew her a long time ago;
ich will nichts mehr \von damals wissen! I don't want to know any more about that time!;
\von jetzt/morgen an from now/tomorrow on [or onwards];
die neue Regelung gilt \von März an the new regulation is valid from March [onwards];
\von wann ist der Brief? when is the letter from?;
ich bin \von morgen bis zum 23. verreist I'm away from tomorrow until 23rd;
für Jugendliche \von 12 bis 16 gilt ein gesonderter Tarif there is a special price for adolescents from twelve to sixteen
4) (Urheber, Ursache) from;
\von der Sonne gebräunt werden [o sein] to be browned by the sun;
\von jdm gelobt werden to be praised by sb;
müde \von der Arbeit tired of work;
\von Hand gefertigt (fig) handmade;
\von einem Auto angefahren werden to be hit by a car;
\von wem ist dieses schöne Geschenk? who is this lovely present from?;
\von wem hast du das Buch geschenkt bekommen? who gave you the book?;
\von wem weißt du das? who told you that?;
\von wem ist dieser Roman? who is this novel by?;
\von wem ist dieses Bild? who is this a picture of?;
das Bild ist \von einem unbekannten Maler the picture is by an unknown painter;
\von solchen Tricks bin ich nicht sehr beeindruckt I'm not very impressed by tricks like that;
das war nicht nett \von dir! that was not nice of you!;
\von was ist hier eigentlich die Rede? (fam) what are we talking about here!;
\von was sollen wir eigentlich leben? (fam) what are we supposed to live on?
5) statt Genitiv (Zugehörigkeit) of;
die Königin \von England the Queen of England;
Mutter \von vier Kindern sein to be the mother of four children;
die Musik \von Beethoven Beethoven's music;
das Auto \von meinem Vater ist blau my father's car is blue;
er wohnt in der Nähe \von Köln he lives near Cologne;
ich möchte die Interessen \von mir und meinen Geschwistern vertreten I should like to represent the interests of myself and my brothers and sisters
6) (Menge, Gruppenangabe) of;
einer \von vielen/hundert one of many/one in a hundred;
keiner \von diesen Vorwürfen ist wahr none of these accusations are true;
keiner \von uns wusste Bescheid none of us knew about it
7) (geh: Eigenschaft) of;
ein Mann \von Charakter a real character;
eine Frau \von Schönheit a beautiful woman;
eine Angelegenheit \von größter Wichtigkeit an extremely important matter
8) (veraltend: Zusammensetzung) of;
ein Strauß \von Rosen a bunch of roses;
ein Ring \von purem Gold a ring made of pure gold
9) (bei Maßangaben) of;
ein Kind \von sieben Jahren a seven year old child;
eine Pause \von zehn Minuten a ten minute break;
einen Abstand \von zwei Metern a distance of two metres;
Städte \von über 100.000 Einwohnern cities with over 100,000 inhabitants
10) (bei deutschem Adelstitel) von
WENDUNGEN:
\von wegen! (fam) not a chance!, no way! (fam)
\von wegen verschwiegen, das ist die größte Klatschbase, die ich kenne no way will she keep that quiet, she's the biggest gossip I know!

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