# das Extrem

das Extrem is a German noun meaning “extreme”. Forms: des Extrems, die Extreme.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Extrems
- Plural: die Extreme

## Meanings

1. extreme, extremity

## Examples

- Tom und Maria verkörpern zwei entgegengesetzte Extreme. — Tom and Maria embody two opposite extremes.
- Er fiel von einem Extrem ins andere. — He fell from one extreme to the other.
- Natürlich gibt es zwischen diesen beiden Extremen viele Variationen. — Obviously there are many variations between these two extremes.
- Alles politisch Gute, das ins Extrem geführt wird, muss Böses erzeugen. — Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.
- Verfalle nicht in Extreme. Es ist wichtig, in allen Dingen maßvoll zu sein. — Don't go to extremes. To be moderate is important in anything.

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