um den Dreh
Meaning
about, roughly
Synonyms
über den Daumen
so etwa
um die
so circa
an die
so um die
Translations
aux alentoursEtymology
Literally, “around that turn”. Dreh is here probably used in the regional (East Central and Low German) sense “turn of a road, bend in a path”. Compare synonymous die Ecke (literally “that corner”).
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