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Zu den Kurzschläfern zählte auch der deutsche Philosoph Kant

whatd does it mean "zälte" in this context

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can you translate this
Zu den Kurzschläfern zählte auch der deutsche Philosoph Kant

whatd does it mean "zälte" in this context

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It means that he was part of it. When you got the mass of people that only sleep for a couple of hours, the Kurzschläfer, Kant was one of them. He counted as one of them, er zählte zu ihnen.