"via" meaning in German

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Preposition

Audio: De-via.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”). Cognate with English via, Danish via, Dutch via, Norwegian Bokmål via. Etymology templates: {{der|de|la|viā}} Latin viā, {{cog|en|via}} English via, {{cog|da|via}} Danish via, {{cog|nl|via}} Dutch via, {{cog|nb|via}} Norwegian Bokmål via Head templates: {{head|de|preposition}} via
  1. via, by way of Synonyms: über
    Sense id: en-via-de-prep-krjscG-T Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 13 87
  2. by way of, by means of Synonyms: durch, mittels, mithilfe von
    Sense id: en-via-de-prep-j08nwXPK Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German prepositions, German prepositions governing the accusative Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of German prepositions: 42 58 Disambiguation of German prepositions governing the accusative: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Via
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