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britisch

British

adjective BRI-tish Common

Usage Note

britisch is the adjective 'British' and, like all German adjectives of nationality, is written lowercase unless it starts a sentence. Don't confuse it with englisch, which strictly means English; britisch covers the whole UK. The noun forms are der Brite / die Britin.

Examples

"Das ist ein britischer Film."

Natural Translation

That's a British film.

Literal Translation

That is a British film.

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