verkäuflich

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German *verkouflich, from Old High German firkouflīh. By surface analysis, verkaufen +‎ lich.

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Adjective

verkäuflich (strong nominative masculine singular verkäuflicher, comparative verkäuflicher, superlative am verkäuflichsten)

  1. saleable
    • 1915 October, Franz Kafka, “Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]”, in Die Weißen Blätter , volume 2, number 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher, page 1218:
      Aus diesem Grunde waren viele Dinge überflüssig geworden, die zwar nicht verkäuflich waren, die man aber auch nicht wegwerfen wollte.
      For this reason many things had become dispensable that, although they were not saleable, one also did not want to throw away.
  2. for sale

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