GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Implikatur

implicature (a meaning suggested by context rather than explicitly stated)

Die Implikatur ihrer Bemerkung, morgen sehr früh aufstehen zu müssen, verstand er erst, als sie bereits begann, die Gläser abzuräumen.

Only when she was already starting to clear away the glasses did he understand what she was hinting at by saying she had to get up very early the next morning.

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