German [noun]English [noun] ▶Abschweifung [noun] Seine Abschweifung dauerte mehrere Minuten. ▶digression [noun] His digression lasted several minutes. ▶Exkurs [noun] Der Redner beendete den Exkurs und kehrte zum Hauptpunkt zurück. ▶digression [noun] The speaker ended the digression and returned to the main point. ▶Umschweif [noun] Seine Antwort war ein Umschweif, und wir hatten den Punkt immer noch nicht. ▶digression [noun] His answer was a digression, and we still didn’t get the point. ▶Parergon [noun] Das Kapitel ist für ihn nur ein Parergon. ▶digression [noun] For him, the chapter is only a digression. ▶vom Hundertsten ins Tausendste [noun] ▶digression [noun] ▶Digression [noun] In der Vorlesung gab es eine Digression in die Geschichte. ▶excursion [noun] There was an excursion into history during the lecture.