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beziffern (v.t., bezifferte, beziffert)
   to quantify; number; estimate; figure (music)

Die US-Regierung hat jetzt beziffert, wie viele Todesopfer durch die Schweinegrippe zu erwarten sind.
The US government has now estimated how many fatalities can be expected from the swine flu.

Related:
sich beziffern auf to amount to, come to, number
(nicht) bezifferbar (un)quantifiable
die Bezifferung numbering; figuring (music); numbers; figures

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