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German
Etymology
Zufall (“chance, coincidence, randomness”) + -ig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡suːfɛlɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡suːfɛlɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: zu‧fäl‧lig
Adjective
zufällig (strong nominative masculine singular zufälliger, not comparable)
- random, by chance or stochastic
- accidental or coincidental
Declension
Positive forms of zufällig (uncomparable)
Derived terms
Related terms
Adverb
zufällig
- accidentally
- by (any) chance
Synonyms
Further reading
- “zufällig” in Duden online
- “zufällig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache