Sentence examples of "um Himmels willen" in German
Warum um Himmels Willen hast du deinen Neubau verkauft?
Why on earth did you sell your newly-built house?
Ich bin davon ganz schön verwirrt. Wenn es das ist, was wir "den Weg des Himmels" nennen, ist es dann richtig oder falsch?
I am extremely confused by this. If this is what we call 'the Way of Heaven', then is it right or is it wrong?
Die Farben der See und des Himmels gingen ineinander über.
The colors of the sea and the sky blend into each other.
Es braucht einen starken Willen, im Ruhestand etwas zu studieren, das nichts mit deiner bisherigen Arbeit zu tun hat.
You've got to have a strong will to study something unrelated to your job after you've finished working.
Er musste den Vertrag gegen seinen Willen unterschreiben.
He was made to sign the contract against his will.
Wir studieren die Vergangenheit um der Zukunft willen.
We study the past for the sake of the future.
Es war ganz wundernett zu sehen, wie die beiden Mädchen tanzten. Sie hatten keine Zuschauer als die äpfelpflückenden Frauen auf den Leitern. Sie freuten sich sehr, dass sie ihnen Spaß machten, aber sie tanzten zuerst um der eigenen Freude willen (wenigstens musste man das glauben); und man konnte sich ebensowenig der Verwunderung wie sie sich des Tanzens enthalten. Und wie sie tanzten!
It was charming to see how these girls danced. They had no spectators but the apple-pickers on the ladders. They were very glad to please them, but they danced to please themselves (or at least you would have supposed so); and you could no more help admiring, than they could help dancing. How they did dance!
Um der Sicherheit willen werden wir vor der Maschine eine Mitteilung aufhängen.
We will set up a notice in front of the machine for safety's sake.
Wenn Katsumi seinen Willen nicht bekommt, wird er leicht wütend.
If Katsumi is not allowed to have his own way, he easily gets angry.
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