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German
Etymology
Middle High German ungehiure, Old High German ungihiuri, un- + geheuer
Pronunciation
Adjective
ungeheuer (strong nominative masculine singular ungeheurer, comparative ungeheurer, superlative am ungeheuersten)
- 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.
- 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
- enormously
- Synonyms: außergewöhnlich, außerordentlich, enorm, überaus; see also Thesaurus:sehr
- Das ist ungeheuer wichtig. ― It is extremely important.
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