hintereinander

Adv. aufstellen, fahren, gehen, stehen etc.: one behind the other; (in Einerreihe) in single file; (nacheinander) one after the other, one by one; (ohne Pause) in a row, at a stretch; dicht hintereinander close together; drei Tage hintereinander three days running (oder in a row); an drei Tagen hintereinander on three consecutive days; hintereinander hergehen / herrennen etc. follow / chase etc. each other; Geräte hintereinander schalten ETECH. connect pieces of equipment in series; Zahlen etc. hintereinander schreiben write one after the other; etw. hintereinander tun do s.th. one by one; (abwechselnd) do s.th. in turns, take turns (to do s.th.); (ohne Pause) do s.th. non-stop

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one after the other; at a stretch; one behind the other; in a row

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hin|ter|ei|nạn|der [hɪntɐ|ai'nandɐ]

adv

(räumlich) one behind the other, behind each other; (= in einer Reihe nebeneinander) next to one another; (= in Reihenfolge, nicht gleichzeitig, ohne Unterbrechung) one after the other

hintereinander hereinkommen — to come in one by one, to come in one at a time

dicht hintereinander (räumlich) — close behind one another; (zeitlich) close on one another

zwei Tage hintereinander — two days running

dreimal hintereinander — three times in a row

es hat monatelang hintereinander geregnet — it has rained for months on end

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((usually of two people on a tandem) one behind the other: They rode tandem.) tandem

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hin·ter·ei·nan·der

[hɪntɐʔainˈandɐ]

adv

1. räumlich (einer hinter dem anderen) one behind the other [or after

2. zeitlich (aufeinander folgend) one after the other

drei/mehrere Tage/Wochen/Monate \hintereinander three/several days/weeks/months running [or BRIT fam on the trot] [or in succession], on three/several consecutive form days/weeks/months

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Adverb

1) (räumlich) one behind the other

sie liefen dicht hintereinander — they were running close behind one another

2) (zeitlich) one after another or the other

an drei Tagen hintereinander — for three days running or in succession

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hintereinander adv räumlich: one behind the other; (in Einerreihe) in single file; (nacheinander) one after the other, one by one; (ohne Pause) in a row, at a stretch;

dicht hintereinander close together;

drei Tage hintereinander three days running (oder in a row);

an drei Tagen hintereinander on three consecutive days;

hintereinander hergehen/herrennen etc follow/chase etc each other

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Adverb

1) (räumlich) one behind the other

sie liefen dicht hintereinander — they were running close behind one another

2) (zeitlich) one after another or the other

an drei Tagen hintereinander — for three days running or in succession

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adj.

in a row adj.

serial adj.

tandem adj. adv.

consecutively adv. ausdr.

one after another expr.