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See also: Ungeheuer
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Middle High German ungehiure, Old High German ungihiuri, un- + geheuer
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ungeheuer (strong nominative masculine singular ungeheurer, comparative ungeheurer, superlative am ungeheuersten)
- enormous
- 1915 October, Franz Kafka, “Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]”, in Die Weißen Blätter […] [1], volume 2, number 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher; republished as Willa Muir, transl., 1933:
- Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
- As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.
- monstrous
- 1915 October, Franz Kafka, “Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]”, in Die Weißen Blätter […] [2], volume 2, number 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher; republished as Joachim Neugroschel, transl., 1993:
- Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
- One morning, upon awakening from agitated dreams, Gregor Samsa found himself, in his bed, transformed into a monstrous vermin.
Declension
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Comparative forms of ungeheuer
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Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ungeheuer
- enormously
- Synonyms: außergewöhnlich, außerordentlich, enorm, überaus; see also Thesaurus:sehr
- Das ist ungeheuer wichtig. ― It is extremely important.
Further reading
[edit]- “ungeheuer” in Duden online
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