English-German translations for exactly

• genau
  Es ist genau das, was erwartet wird. This is exactly as to be expected.
  Genau das, was Sie verwirklichen. This is exactly what you are doing.
  Das genaue Gegenteil davon ist vonnöten. What we need is exactly the opposite.
• eben
  Eben dafür sorgt der neue Vertrag. That is exactly what the new Treaty will do.
  Aus eben diesem Grund habe ich diese sanfte Landung vorgeschlagen. This is exactly why I have proposed this soft landing.
  Denn der britische Premierminister musste eben dies: Darum bitten. Asking is exactly what the British Prime Minister has had to do.
• exakt
  Die Grenzfrage ist exakt dieselbe, die schon bestanden hat, als wir Slowenien aufgenommen haben. The border problem is exactly the same as when Slovenia joined.
• ganz genau
  Wir müssen ganz genau wissen, was vor sich geht. We need to know exactly what is going on.
  Es geht darum, dass wir ganz genau wissen, was wir tun. It is a case of knowing exactly what we are doing.
  Das sehen Präsident Barroso und ich ganz genau so. That is exactly the way President Barroso and I see it.
• Gerade die
  Das sind alles Themen, die nicht gerade marginal sind. These are all areas which are not exactly marginal.
  Und gerade das müssen wir verhindern. And this is exactly what we need to avoid.
  Genau dieser Prozess findet auch gerade in Rumänien statt. This is exactly what is in the process of happening in Romania too.
• justament

Definition of exactly

• without approximation; precisely
• Used to provide emphasis

Examples

• Measure exactly so we can be sure it is right
• The edge is not exactly straight
• It was exactly an Eastern gray squirrel
• He divided the coins exactly in half
• He did it that way exactly to prove the point
• His complaint was exactly that she failed to meet the deadline by four days
• So youre saying that we have only three days left? — Yes, exactly!

Related words

• exactly like
• exactly one
• exactly equal
• exactly as
• define more exactly
• be exactly as promised