abwechseln — meaning in English

English meaning

• alternate adj Happening in turns, first one thing then the other, repeatedly.
• spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
• turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.

Senses

abwechseln is used for these senses in English:

• alternate (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
• intersperse To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other.
• spell (transitive) To work in place of (someone).
• turn A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.

alternate — full definition

1. adj Happening in turns, first one thing then the other, repeatedly.
2. noun A person or thing standing in as a substitute for another.
3. verb To switch back and forth between two things in a regular pattern.

spell — full definition

1. noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
2. verb To write or say the letters that make up a word, in the correct order.
3. verb To indicate or signal that something is likely to happen.
4. noun A short period of time doing a particular activity, or a stretch of a certain kind of weather.

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