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German
Etymology
Univerbation of (den) Kopf schüttelnd.
Pronunciation
Adjective
kopfschüttelnd (strong nominative masculine singular kopfschüttelnder, not comparable)
- (often adverbial) uncomprehending, disapproving (as by shaking one's head)
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 482:Aber vorher spielte eben noch Weihnachten sich ab, diese beiden Festtage, oder, wenn man den Tag des heiligen Abends mitzählte, diese drei, denen Hans Castorp mit einigem Schrecken und der kopfschüttelnden Erwartung entgegengesehen hatte, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of kopfschüttelnd (uncomparable)
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