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gegen den Uhrzeigersinn — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • anticlockwise adj In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the hands of an analog clock.
  • widdershins adv Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.

Senses

gegen den Uhrzeigersinn is used for these senses in English:

  • anticlockwise (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, of movement) In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the hands of an analog clock.
  • anticlockwise (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
  • widdershins Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.

widdershins — full definition

  1. adv Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.
  2. adv The wrong way.

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