How is the word wörtlich translated from German to English

English translation
literally
adverb

Im genauen Sinn der Worte.

In the exact sense of the words.

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  • Er ist heute wörtlich zehn Meilen gelaufen. — He literally ran ten miles today.

  • Das Wort bedeutet auf Italienisch wörtlich „kleines Haus“. — The word literally means "little house" in Italian.

  • Meinst du das wörtlich oder ist es ein Scherz? — Do you mean that literally or is it a joke?

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