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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalɡəˌmaːx/, /alɡəˈmaːx/
Adverb
allgemach
- (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