alsbald

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German

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /alsˈbalt/

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Adverb

alsbald

  1. at once, immediately
    Synonyms: sofort, sogleich
    • 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
      Und Adam schrieb den Schwur mit seinem Blut hin, daß er dem Satan angehören wolle, er und alle seine Nachkommen bis auf den letzten.
      Und alsbald fielen die sieben Schlangenköpfe von Kains Haupte ab.
      And Adam wrote the oath in his own blood that he wished for himself and all his progeny down to the last one to belong to Satan.
      And immediately the seven snakes' heads fell from Cain's head.

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