Example sentences for: ein

How can you use “ein” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • ein Achtgroschenjunge

  • The phrase jemandem / fiir jemanden böhmische Dörfer / ein böhmisches Dorf sein could be translated as to appear incomprehensible, inexplicable, or strange.

  • It should be added, however, that four figures can be used in connection with the phrase ein Gesicht wie 3/7/10/14 Tage Regenwetter haben .

  • ein blaues Auge, Lit. a blue eye: a black eye

  • This turn of phrase became very popular in the war, though it is in fact a direct translation from the German Es ist ein bisschen viel . We did not really need it, for we had a perfectly good English equivalent: “It's a bit too much.”


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