nie da gewesen

German

Etymology

Literally: “never having been there”.

Adjective

nie da gewesen (not comparable)

  1. unprecedented; hitherto unseen
    Grabenkämpfe und Giftgas verliehen dem Ersten Weltkrieg eine nie da gewesene Brutalität.
    Trench fighting and poison gas gave World War I a hitherto unseen degree of brutality.

Synonyms
  • beispiellos (roughly; implies that it never happened again)
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