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quite [kwaɪt] ADV inv

1. quite (fairly):

quite: ziemlich inf

we had quite a pleasant evening in the end: schließlich war es doch noch ein recht netter Abend

I'm feeling quite a bit better, thank you: es geht mir schon viel besser, danke

that was quite something!: das war echt nicht schlecht!

inf that girl's quite something!: das Mädchen ist wirklich klasse! inf

I had to wait quite a time: ich musste ganz schön lange warten inf

quite a distance away: ziemlich [o. inf ganz schön] weit weg

2. quite (completely):

quite: ganz

quite: völlig

that's quite out of the question: das ist völlig ausgeschlossen

her new book is not quite as good as her last one: ihr neues Buch ist nicht ganz so gut wie ihr letztes

I don't quite know what to say: ich weiß nicht so recht, was ich sagen soll

I didn't quite catch what he said: ich habe nicht ganz mitbekommen, was er gesagt hat inf

I'm not quite sure: ich bin nicht ganz sicher

quite different: ganz [o. völlig] verschieden

quite frankly [or honestly]: ganz ehrlich

quite honestly, ...: ehrlich gesagt ...

to be quite frank [or honest]: um ganz ehrlich zu sein

quite sure: ganz [o. völlig] sicher

quite wrong: völlig falsch

they're quite clannish: die sind eine eingeschworene Clique

this is quite simply rubbish: das ist schlichtweg Unsinn

German

English

klipp und klar: quite clearly [or frankly]

etw klipp und klar zum Ausdruck bringen: to express sth quite clearly [or in no uncertain terms]

eine ganze Anzahl: quite a lot + pl vb

eine ziemliche Anzahl: quite a number + pl vb

etliche: quite a lot of

etliche: quite a few

etliches: quite a lot

um etliches älter/größer als jdn: quite a lot older/bigger than sb

eine ganze Weile: quite a while

nach/vor einer [ganzen] Weile: after [quite] a while/[quite] a while ago

nicht unvermögend: [quite] well-to-do

sie hat einen nicht unvermögenden Mann geheiratet: she['s] married [quite] a well-to-do man

kein Verächter [von etw dat] sein euph: to be quite partial to sth

in [o. mit] aller Offenheit: quite frankly [or candidly]

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

that's another matter altogether [or quite another matter]: das ist [wieder] etwas völlig [o. ganz] anderes

you've had quite enough to eat already: du hast wirklich schon genug gegessen

the film was really quite good/quite good really: der Film war wirklich ziemlich gut/recht gut

at [quite a [or a good]] lick: mit einem ziemlichen Zahn

Dan's actually quite nice, unlike his father: Dan ist eigentlich ganz nett, im Gegensatz zu seinem Vater

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

She felt she had a high status, and though she really didn't, she gave that to herself and that's a self-defence mechanism.

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It is put about by people who really just like being on the winning side.

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However, the stores never really got to grips with sixties boutique culture.

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Sacred opera provided another impetus for dialogues, and they greatly expanded in length (although never really beyond 60 minutes long).

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I like that we can tell a love story of people in their 70s, and it's a relationship that we're really committed to.

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The invoice total was quite high in our opinion, but it did not bother us since we should get the costs refunded by El Monte.

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Die Rechnung war unserer Ansicht nach ziemlich hoch, aber das war uns egal, da wir die Kosten von El Monte wieder erstattet bekommen sollten.

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“Currently, the majority of the respondents outsource their pharmaceutical supply to a degree of only 25 to 50 percent, which is still quite low compared to other industries,” says Prof. Dr. Harald Augustin from ESB Business School.

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„Derzeit hat die Mehrheit der Befragten ihre pharmazeutische Versorgung erst zu 25 bis 50 Prozent ausgelagert, was im Vergleich zu anderen Branchen noch ziemlich niedrig ist”, sagt Prof. Dr. Harald Augustin von der ESB Business School.

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Since the way from the campground to the sights is quite long, it was not worthwhile to drive to the dwellings a second time.

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Da der Weg vom Campingplatz zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten ziemlich weit ist, lohnte es sich nicht, ein zweites Mal zu den Dwellings zu fahren.

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We just chose a site which had quite a gradient and that we should still notice later on.

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Wir suchten uns gerade solch einen Stellplatz, der ein ziemliches Gefälle hatte und das sollten wir später noch merken.

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It is no coincidence that documentary photography from Africa is currently quite successful because it shows the versatility of life on the continent.

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Es ist kein Zufall, dass Dokumentarfotografie aus Afrika gegenwärtig gerade deshalb ziemlich erfolgreich ist, weil sie die Vielseitigkeit des Lebens auf dem Kontinent zeigt.

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