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What is the difference between Entfernung and Abstand and Distanz ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Entfernung and Abstand and Distanz ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Entfernung/Distanz are generally very similar, they refer to larger distances, often refering to yourself and a different position or location.
"Distanz" can also be used to refer to a psychological distance between two persons, just like the adjective "distanziert"
In order to gauge travel distances, you generally use "Strecke" (for example when you want to state the distance between Paris and Berlin)
"Abstand" is generally used to refer to the distance as an outside observer. If you see two dots on a paper, I'd personally use "Abstand" (although you also might hear Distanz or Entfernung in such a case). "Abstand" feels more limited or smaller/shorter to me to be honest, you would not use it to refer to longer distances.
There are many cases where you could use all three though to be honest. If you refer to the distance between two cars, all three terms would kind of work.
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