Übung macht den Meister

German

Etymology

From Übung (“practice, exercise”) + macht (“makes”), the third person singular form of machen (“to make”) + den the accusative masculine of der (“the”) + Meister (“master”). Literally, “practice makes the master”, or more loosely translated as “practising makes one a master”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔyːbʊŋ maxt deːn ˈmaɪ̯stɐ/

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Proverb

Übung macht den Meister

1. practice makes perfect