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butterfly
A swimming stroke in which both arms are brought forward over the water at the same time and symmetrically. It is considered technically demanding and physically strenuous.
Bei den Olympischen Spielen gewann sie die Goldmedaille über 200 Meter Butterfly.
At the Olympic Games, she won the gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly.
'Butterfly' is a word from English and means 'Schmetterling' (butterfly). The name comes from the fact that the movement in swimming or the opening of the knife is reminiscent of a butterfly's wings.
Der Schwimmer trainiert die Armbewegung für den Butterfly-Stil.
The swimmer is training the arm movement for the butterfly stroke.
You can always recognize the meaning of 'Butterfly' from the context. In sports, it is about swimming; in a legal or police context, it refers to a knife; and in finance, it refers to an investment strategy.
Er schwimmt am liebsten Butterfly.
He likes swimming butterfly best.
In competitive swimming, 'Butterfly' is often combined with a distance or used directly as a verb-like expression. Typical phrases are '100 Meter Butterfly' (100-meter butterfly) or simply 'Butterfly schwimmen' (to swim butterfly).
Sie hat den Rekord über 50 Meter Butterfly gebrochen.
She broke the record in the 50-meter butterfly.
The meaning in finance is purely technical language. It is used only by experts in options trading and is not common in everyday language.
Der Broker erklärte ihm die Risiken eines Iron Butterfly.
The broker explained the risks of an iron butterfly to him.
condor
'der Condor' and 'der Butterfly' can be confused because both look like international or English animal names. In the meanings that matter here, however, they belong to very different areas. 'Der Condor' is a very large bird. In German, 'der Butterfly' means a swimming stroke in which both arms are brought forward at the same time. So 'Condor' is about an animal in nature, while 'Butterfly' is about a sport in the water. If you are talking about swimming, 'Butterfly' fits; if you are talking about birds, 'Condor' fits.
Im Schwimmkurs übt Tom den Butterfly, aber der Stil ist für ihn noch sehr anstrengend.
In swimming class, Tom practices the butterfly, but the stroke is still very tiring for him.
Über den Bergen kreiste ein Condor mit weit geöffneten Flügeln.
A condor circled above the mountains with its wings spread wide.