neighborhood

Viertel, Wohnviertel

Teil einer Stadt oder Ortschaft, in dem Menschen wohnen.

In einfachem Englisch: A part of a town or city where people live.

• This is a quiet neighborhood.
• They moved to a neighborhood near the river.
• Several neighborhoods have new schools.

Synonyme: district, area

Häufige Wendungen: quiet neighborhood, residential neighborhood, neighborhood park, neighborhood boundaries

Nachbarschaft, Umgebung

Gegend um ein Haus oder einen anderen Ort und die Menschen, die dort leben.

In einfachem Englisch: The area and people close to someone’s home or another place.

• Everyone in our neighborhood knows her.
• There are several restaurants in his neighborhood.
• We searched the neighborhood around the station.

Synonyme: vicinity, surroundings

Häufige Wendungen: in the neighborhood, someone’s neighborhood, nearby neighborhood

Größenordnung

Menge, die ungefähr einer bestimmten Zahl entspricht.

In einfachem Englisch: An amount close to a particular number.

• Repairs will cost in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars.
• His salary is in the neighborhood of fifty thousand dollars.
• The total should be in the neighborhood of two hundred.

So benutzt man es: in the neighborhood of + amount (The house costs in the neighborhood of three hundred thousand dollars.)

Synonyme: region

Häufige Wendungen: in the neighborhood, neighborhood of something