Nomen

der Entwurf

draft, sketch, design, outline

Der Architekt zeigte uns den ersten Entwurf des Hauses.

The architect showed us the first draft of the house.

Ich habe einen Entwurf für die E-Mail geschrieben.

I wrote a draft for the email.

Der Gesetzesentwurf wird im Parlament diskutiert.

The draft bill is being discussed in parliament.

((von+3)) draft of sth. The draft of the contract is ready.

((für+4)) draft for sth. Here is the draft for the new website.

Synonyms: Skizze, Plan, Konzept; Antonyms: Endfassung, Original

From the verb 'entwerfen' (to draft), which comes from 'ent-' + 'werfen' (to throw). It literally means 'to throw out' an idea.

You 'throw out' (werfen) an idea onto paper to create a draft (Entwurf).

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