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German
Etymology
Calque of Late Latin superfluus, über- + flüssig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈyːbɐˌflʏsɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈyːbɐˌflʏsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: über‧flüs‧sig
Adjective
überflüssig (strong nominative masculine singular überflüssiger, comparative überflüssiger, superlative am überflüssigsten)
- superfluous, extraneous, redundant, spare
- dispensable
1915 October, Franz Kafka, “Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]”, in Die Weißen Blätter , volume 2, number 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher, page 1218:Aus diesem Grunde waren viele Dinge überflüssig geworden, die zwar nicht verkäuflich waren, die man aber auch nicht wegwerfen wollte.- For this reason many things had become dispensable that, although they were not saleable, one also did not want to throw away.
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Adverb
überflüssig
- superfluously
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