verhältnismäßig

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈhɛltnɪsˌmɛːsɪç/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /-ˌmeːsɪç/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • IPA(key): /-ˌmɛːsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧hält‧nis‧mä‧ßig

Adjective

verhältnismäßig (strong nominative masculine singular verhältnismäßiger, comparative verhältnismäßiger, superlative am verhältnismäßigsten)

  1. relative, viewable in comparison with the proportions of another thing
  2. commensurate, proportionate, being of a proportion not aloof

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Adverb

verhältnismäßig

  1. relatively (proportionally)

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