GERMAN · C1WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Fügung

twist of fate; providence

Dass sie sich nach all den Jahren gerade dort wiederbegegneten, erschien ihr wie eine glückliche Fügung, obwohl beide regelmäßig denselben Ort besuchten.

Meeting again in that very place after all those years seemed to her like a fortunate twist of fate, although both regularly visited the same place.

linguistic construction; combination of words

Die grammatische Fügung wirkt ungewohnt, lässt sich aber verstehen, wenn man erkennt, welche Wörter zusammengehören und worauf sich das Pronomen bezieht.

The grammatical construction seems unfamiliar but can be understood once you recognise which words belong together and what the pronoun refers to.

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