GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Hyperbel

hyperbole; exaggeration

Ihre Klage, sie müsse hier alles tausendmal erklären, verstand ich als Hyperbel, bis mir klar wurde, wie wenig wir ihr tatsächlich zuhörten.

I took her complaint that she had to explain everything here a thousand times as hyperbole, until I realized how little we actually listened to her.

hyperbola

Als wir die Hyperbel zeichneten, bemerkte meine Tochter, dass sich die beiden Äste den eingezeichneten Geraden immer weiter annähern, ohne sie zu erreichen.

As we drew the hyperbola, my daughter noticed that its two branches get closer and closer to the straight lines we had drawn without ever reaching them.

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