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German
Etymology
Literally, “never having been there”.
Adjective
nie da gewesen (strong nominative masculine singular nie da gewesener, not comparable)
- unprecedented; hitherto unseen
- Synonym: ("previously unknown" (only roughly synonymous; implies that s.th. is perceived as shockingly extreme: )) beispiellos
Grabenkämpfe und Giftgas verliehen dem Ersten Weltkrieg eine nie da gewesene Brutalität.- Trench fighting and poison gas gave World War I a hitherto unseen degree of brutality.