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Ebene

level

noun AY-buh-nuh Less Common
Travel & Places Geography

Also means

plain

Usage Note

Ebene ranges from a flat geographical plain to an abstract level of organisation, as in auf politischer Ebene ('at the political level'). In maths and geometry it is the word for a 'plane'. The phrase auf einer Ebene signals a shared footing or comparable rank.

Examples

"Wir reden auf einer Ebene."

Natural Translation

We talk on the same level.

Literal Translation

We talk on one level.

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