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Schlangenträger
Fortsetzungsgeschichte

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I. se·rial [ˈsɪəriəl, Am ˈsɪri-] N MEDIA, PUBL

serial
TV serial

II. se·rial [ˈsɪəriəl, Am ˈsɪri-] ADJ

1. serial (broadcasting, publishing):

serial
serial rights
serial rights of publishing

2. serial (repeated):

serial

3. serial COMPUT:

serial
serial

ˈse·rial port N COMPUT

serial port

ˈse·rial num·ber N

serial number
Seriennummer f <-, -n>

se·rial mo·ˈnoga·my N hum

serial monogamy
to be into serial monogamy

se·rial ˈmur·der·er N

serial murderer
Serienmörder(in) m (f)

ˈse·rial mov·er N

serial mover

ˈse·rial kill·er N

serial killer
Serienmörder(in) m (f)

se·rial ˈmur·der N

serial murder

tele·vi·sion ˈse·rial N

television serial
Fernsehserie f <-, -n>
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serial

PONS Banking, Finance and Insurance Dictionary

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German

serial number N handel

serial number

serial correlation test N CTRL

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serial number

Klett Biology Glossary

serial section

serial section

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All over the world, men are no longer men, they are serial numbers.
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The initial version used either available serial port as the communications channel.
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It also includes scores, serials, and sound and video recordings in many formats.
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Aircraft serial number 260 had been paid for on the morning of and in advance of the filing.
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Today, most of these serials are only available in this form.
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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

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thus the comic artist Mat Tait from New Zealand will approach the Flying Dutchman in a kind of serial, while Dan Schifrin from the Contemporary Jewish Museum San Francisco describes his existential crisis as the starting point for access to the figure of Richard Wagner.
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So wird sich der neuseeländische Comiczeichner Mat Tait in einer Art Fortsetzungsgeschichte dem Fliegenden Holländer nähern, und Dan Schifrin vom Contemporary Jewish Museum San Francisco schildert seine existenzielle Krise als Ausgangspunkt zum Zugang zur Figur Richard Wagners.
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The book, which first appeared as a serial in the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung, has now been translated into several languages and has had great appeal abroad on account of its theme and format.
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www.goethe.de
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Das Buch, das zunächst als Fortsetzungsgeschichte in der Tageszeitung Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung erschien, wurde inzwischen in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt und findet aufgrund seiner Thematik und Darstellungsform im Ausland großen Anklang.
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In 1999 Menschik debuted with her daily serial narrative Weltempfänger (i.e. receiver of worlds) in the “Berliner Seiten,” at the time an equally brand-new newspaper supplement of the Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung (FAZ) that was only available in Berlin.
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1999 debütierte Menschik als Comiczeichnerin mit der täglichen Fortsetzungsgeschichte Weltempfänger in den damals gleichfalls ganz neuen „Berliner Seiten“, einer nur in Berlin erhältlichen Zeitungsbeilage der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung (FAZ).
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The serial following the adventures of space explorer Perry Rhodan now fills more than 2,600 magazines, covering around 3,000 years of future over more than 200,000 pages.
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www.bauermedia.com
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Die Fortsetzungsgeschichte über die Abenteuer des Weltraumfahrers Perry Rhodan umfasst inzwischen mehr als 2.600 Romane, die auf über 200.000 Seiten rund 3.000 Jahre Zukunftsgeschichte erzählen.
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The TV serial about the Alpine physician and his family has been filmed by the German and Austrian broadcasting companies ZDF and ORF in the Tyrol since 2008.
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www.hotelbaer.com
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Seit 2008 wird die TV-Serie rund um den Alpenarzt und seine Familie in der Tiroler Region für ZDF und ORF gedreht.
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