Re: Those crazy Germans ....

Posted in 2004

Richard Spitz — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:29:59 +0200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"David E. Grove" <david_grove@correct.state.ak.us> wrote: >Might anyone say what 'vertan' means? In this context, I'd translate it as "mistaken". Like in the sentence "Ich habe mich vertan" = "I made a mistake". "Wasted" is a another possible translation of "vertan", like "vertane Zeit" = "wasted time". However, as a native speaker, this doesn't make as much sense to me. HTH, Richard -- +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | Dr. med Richard Spitz | Tel : +49-89-7095-6110 | | Klinik f'r Anaesthesiologie | FAX : +49-89-7095-6420 | | Klinikum der Univ. M'nchen | Page: +49-89-7095-789-2116 | | 81366 M'nchen, Germany | | +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+