ungeheuer

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German

Etymology

Middle High German ungehiure, Old High German ungihiuri, un- +‎ geheuer

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊnɡəˌhɔɪ̯ɐ/
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Adjective

ungeheuer (strong nominative masculine singular ungeheurer, comparative ungeheurer, superlative am ungeheuersten)

  1. enormous
    • 1915 October, Franz Kafka, “Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]”, in Die Weißen Blätter , volume 2, number 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher; republished as Willa Muir, transl., 1933:
      Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
      As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.
  2. monstrous
    • 1915 October, Franz Kafka, “Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]”, in Die Weißen Blätter , volume 2, number 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher; republished as Joachim Neugroschel, transl., 1993:
      Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
      One morning, upon awakening from agitated dreams, Gregor Samsa found himself, in his bed, transformed into a monstrous vermin.

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Adverb

ungeheuer

  1. enormously
    Synonyms: außergewöhnlich, außerordentlich, enorm, überaus; see also Thesaurus:sehr
    Das ist ungeheuer wichtig.It is extremely important.

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