Translation for "auskömmlich" to english
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adjective
Es ergab sich, daß er aus einer Kaufmannsfamilie stammte, daß seine Mutter bei Gott sei, daß er Geschwister nicht besitze und daß sein alter Vater zu Riga als Privatier mit einem auskömmlichen Vermögen lebe, welches einstmals ihm selbst, dem Pastor Tiburtius, gehören werde;
It turned out that he came from a merchant family, that his mother had gone to her heavenly reward, that he had no brothers or sisters, and that his aged father had retired on an adequate income—the principal of which would one day belong to Pastor Tiburtius, although his ministerial duties alone would assure him a sufficient income.
adjective
Er hatte einigermaßen auskömmlich fünfundvierzig Jahre als Bauinspektor gearbeitet und die Visionen anderer Leute genehmigt.
He worked, comfortably enough, for forty-five years as a building inspector, approving the visions of other men.
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