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GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Kontingenz

contingency (the fact that something could have happened or been otherwise)

IN CONTEXT

Die Kontingenz unserer Begegnung wurde mir erst bewusst, als sie erzählte, dass sie den Zug beinahe verpasst hätte.

Only when she told me she had almost missed the train did I realize that our meeting could so easily never have happened.

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