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adverb
(APPROXIMATELY OR ABOUT IN ESTIMATION)
Es kostet etwa zwanzig Euro. - It costs about twenty euros.
(APPROXIMATELY OR ABOUT IN QUANTITY)
Es sind ungefähr zehn Leute hier. - There are about ten people here.
(APPROXIMATELY OR ABOUT IN A ROUND NUMBER)
Ich habe rund fünf Stunden gewartet. - I waited for about five hours.
preposition