No. 13,854 in German
etc
The German word "etc." (et cetera) means "and so on" or "and other similar things."
In a sentence
Im Supermarkt kaufe ich Äpfel, Bananen, Tomaten, etc.
In the supermarket, I buy apples, bananas, tomatoes, etc.
Here, 'etc' is used to indicate that the list of items is not complete.
In meinem Studium lese ich Werke von Goethe, Schiller, Kafka, etc.
In my studies, I read works by Goethe, Schiller, Kafka, etc.
In this case, 'etc' refers to the list of authors being continued implicitly.
Man kann viele Sprachen lernen: Deutsch, Spanisch, Französisch, etc.
One can learn many languages: German, Spanish, French, etc.
Here, 'etc' is employed to suggest a continuation of the mentioned languages.
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