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German
Etymology
un- + glücklich; cognate with Hunsrik unglicklich
Pronunciation
Adjective
unglücklich (strong nominative masculine singular unglücklicher, comparative unglücklicher, superlative am unglücklichsten)
- unhappy, unjoyous, unjoyful, misfortunate, miserable
- unfortunate, unlucky, inauspicious, unauspicious, untoward, hapless
Declension
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Derived terms
Adverb
unglücklich
- unfortunately, unhappily, unluckily, haplessly, inartfully
- Synonyms: auf unglückliche Art, in unglücklicher Weise, unglücklicherweise, glücklos
- unglücklich ausgedrückt ― inartfully expressed
- unglücklich formuliert ― unfortunately worded
- sich als unglücklich erweisen ― to be unfortunate
- ein unglücklich verheirateter Mann ― an unhappily married man
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