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dringend

urgent

adjective DRING-ent Rare

Also means

pressing

Usage Note

Dringend conveys time pressure or high importance. It collocates strongly with verbs like bitten, empfehlen, brauchen: Ich brauche dringend Hilfe. Used both in speech and formal writing.

Examples

"Sie musste dringend mit ihrem Arzt sprechen."

Natural Translation

She urgently needed to speak with her doctor.

Literal Translation

She had-to urgently with her doctor speak.

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