Translations for „twain“ in the English » German Dictionary

twain [tweɪn] N old

twain

zwei

Kipling wrote that “East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet”

Kipling schrieb „Osten ist Osten und Westen ist Westen, die zwei werden nie zueinander finden“

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

never the twain shall meet Brit

die Zwei werden nie[mals] zueinanderfinden

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Twain, who had angina pectoris, went into a coma at and was dead by 6:30.

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Twain refers to an episode in his youth when he was working as a printer's apprentice.

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After it was reforged, it could cleave an anvil in twain.

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