allgemach

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalɡəˌmaːx/, /alɡəˈmaːx/
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Adverb

allgemach

  1. (archaic) gradually
    Synonyms: allmählich, schrittweise, graduell
    fünfzig Mark allgemach zusammenzusparen
    to save up 50 marks gradually
    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks , Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, page 74:
      Johann Buddenbrook, der sich allgemach der Mitte der Vierziger näherte, hatte in den letzten Jahren ersichtlich gealtert.
      Johann Buddenbrook, whose years of life were slowly nearing forty, in the last years visible gained age.

Further reading

  • allgemach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache