überhaupt

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Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German überhaupt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ybərˈɦɑu(p)t/
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Adverb

überhaupt

  1. at all; anyway; in the first place
    Hoe is het heelal überhaupt ontstaan?
    How did the universe originate in the first place?
    Weet je überhaupt wel wat dat betekent, of praat je gewoon uit je nek?
    Do you know what that means at all, or are you just making things up as you go along?

Synonyms

German

Etymology

From Middle High German überhoubet, equivalent to über- +‎ Haupt.

Pronunciation

Adverb

überhaupt

  1. overall, in general
    • 1812, the Brothers Grimm, Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Berlin, die Realschulbuchhandlung, page VIII:
      Leicht wird man übrigens bemerken, daß sie nur da gehaftet, wo überhaupt eine regere Empfänglichkeit für Poesie oder eine noch nicht von den Verkehrtheiten des Lebens ausgelöschte Phantasie gewesen.
      One will easily notice besides, that it has only held on, where overall there has been an active receptiveness for poetry or a phantasy still not extinguished by the vicissitudes of life.
  2. at all; anyway
    Hört ihr mir überhaupt zu?
    Are you listening to me at all?
  3. actually
  4. even

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: überhaupt
  • → Limburgish: uberhaup

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