English-German translations for between

• zwischen
  Es gibt keine Verbindung zwischen diesen beiden. There is no link between them.
  Lang lebe der Frieden zwischen den Völkern! Long live peace between nations!
  Wir sollten hier aber zwischen den Zeilen lesen. Let us read between the lines here.
• unter
  Zweitens, die Solidarität unter den Mitgliedstaaten. Secondly, solidarity between Member States.
  Unter den Häfen ist ein gewaltiger Wettbewerb entbrannt. There is a lot of competition between ports.
  Lassen Sie uns also die Flüchtlinge unter uns aufteilen. So let us distribute the refugees between us.

Definition of between

• In the position or interval that separates , or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below
• Done together or reciprocally
• Shared in confidence
• In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places
• Combined (by effort or ownership
• One of (representing a choice
• A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics

Examples

• John stood between Amy and Mary. Lets meet between two and three
• I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fifty dollars
• conversation between friends
• Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy. Lets keep this between ourselves
• Hes between jobs right now. The shuttle runs between the town and the airport
• Between us all, we shall succeed. Weve only got £5 between us
• Between the leaky taps and the peeling wallpaper, there isnt much about this house to appeal to a buyer
• You must choose between him and me
• Some colour-blind people cant distinguish between red and green

Related words

• go-between
• in-between
• inbetweener
• between Scylla and Charybdis
• between a rock and a hard place
• between the devil and the deep blue sea
• between the ears
• between you and me
• between the hammer and the anvil