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Pfund (Gewicht)

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Ein Pfund ist ein altes Maß für ein Gewicht.
A pound is an old measure of weight.
Heute wiegt man in Gramm oder in Kilogramm.
Today, one weighs in grams or kilograms.
Wie viel ein Pfund genau wog, war oft von Stadt zu Stadt unterschiedlich.
How much a pound exactly weighed often varied from city to city.
Auch heute spricht man in Deutschland oft noch von einem Pfund und meint damit ein halbes Kilogramm.
Even today, in Germany, people often still speak of a pound, meaning half a kilogram.
Pfund verwendet man heute noch in vielen Ländern, in denen man Englisch spricht.
Pound is still used today in many English-speaking countries.

Grammar in this text

Prepositional phrase with dative after 'von'

von Stadt zu Stadt

The preposition 'von' requires the dative case. Here 'Stadt' is used twice with the pattern 'von X zu X' meaning 'from one city to another'.

Subordinate clause with 'in denen' (relative clause with preposition)

in denen man Englisch spricht

Relative clause introduced by the relative pronoun 'in denen' (dative plural of 'der/die/das' after preposition 'in'), meaning 'in which'. The verb goes to the end of the clause.

Present tense of 'wiegen' (irregular verb)

wiegt man

The verb 'wiegen' (to weigh) is irregular: ich wiege, du wiegst, er/sie/es wiegt. Here it is used in the present tense with 'man'.

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