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das Bild (-er)
   picture, illustration; image, metaphor

Diese Bilder sind nur Momentaufnahmen.
These pictures are only snapshots in time.
Er ist ganz das Bild seines Vaters.
He’s the very image of his father.
Der Fernseher ohne Bild und Ton, ich fühl' mich unbewohnt.
The TV without picture and sound; I feel empty/vacant.
  - from the song "Unbewohnt" by Herbert Grönenemyer, from the MENSCH CD (2002)

Related:
die Bild-Zeitung commonly known as BILD, Germany's (and Europe's) largest daily newspaper (circ. just over 3 million)
das Bildarchiv picture library/archive
das Bilderbuch picture book
der Bildschirm screen (TV, computer)
die Bildung education; culture

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