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acres

/ˈeɪ.kəz/ /ˈeɪ.kɚz/

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noun

Acre

An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.

Examples :

"The farm encompasses 50 acres of land. "

Die Farm umfasst 50 Acre Land.

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noun

Morgen, Acker

Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

Examples :

"In some parts of the world, farmers measure their land in jagdhir, which are similar to acres but based on different historical systems. "

In manchen Teilen der Welt messen Landwirte ihr Land in jagdhir, die den Morgen ähneln, aber auf unterschiedlichen historischen Systemen basieren.

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noun

Flächen, Hektar

(usually in the plural) A wide expanse.

Examples :

"I like my new house - there’s acres of space!"

Ich mag mein neues Haus – es gibt riesige Flächen!

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noun

Mengen, Massen

(usually in the plural) A large quantity.

Examples :

"The farm needed acres of fertilizer to help the crops grow well. "

Die Farm benötigte Mengen an Dünger, damit die Pflanzen gut wachsen konnten.

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noun

Feld, Ackerland

Examples :

"The farmer planted corn on his vast acres. "

Der Bauer pflanzte Mais auf seinen riesigen Feldern.

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Acker, Morgen

The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yds (≈200 m).

Examples :

"The farmer planted corn on five acres of his land. "

Der Bauer pflanzte Mais auf fünf Morgen seines Landes.

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noun

Grenzstreitigkeiten, Scharmützel

A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.

Examples :

"While reading a historical novel, I learned that "acres" were often bloody encounters between Scottish and English families vying for control of the borderlands. "

Beim Lesen eines historischen Romans erfuhr ich, dass „Grenzstreitigkeiten“ oft blutige Auseinandersetzungen zwischen schottischen und englischen Familien waren, die um die Kontrolle über die Grenzgebiete kämpften.

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