unmöglich

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German

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Etymology

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un-möglich; cognate with Hunsrik unmeeghlich, Old Danish umugh(i)likær, Old Norse úmǫguligr, and Old Swedish ōmø̄gheliker

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔʊn.ˈmøː.klɪç/, [ʔʊm.ˈmøː.klɪç]
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
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Adjective

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unmöglich (strong nominative masculine singular unmöglicher, comparative unmöglicher, superlative am unmöglichsten)

  1. impossible
  2. unearthly, outrageous
  3. ridiculous

Declension

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Adverb

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unmöglich

  1. impossibly
  2. (sentence adverb) notpossibly, it is not possible for/that…
    Ich kann dir unmöglich helfen.
    I cannot possibly help you; It isn’t possible for me to help you.

Further reading

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  • unmöglich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • unmöglich” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon