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German
Etymology
Mid-17th century, from Dutch waarschijnlijk (1540), itself a loan translation of French vraisemblable and/or Latin verisimilis (“probable”). Analysable as wahr (“true”) + scheinen (“to seem”) + -lich (“-ly”), thus “trueseemly, trueseeming”. Cognate to German Low German wohrschynlik.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaː(ɐ̯)ˈʃaɪ̯nlɪç/
- (rapid speech) IPA(key): /vaˈʃaɪ̯n(l)ɪç/, /və-/
Adjective
wahrscheinlich (strong nominative masculine singular wahrscheinlicher, comparative wahrscheinlicher, superlative am wahrscheinlichsten)
- likely, probable, plausible
Die wahrscheinliche Ursache des Fehlers wurde heute ermittelt.- The probable cause of the failure was determined today.
Declension
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Adverb
wahrscheinlich
- probably, likely
Wahrscheinlich regnet es heute Nachmittag.- It will probably rain this afternoon.
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