unmöglich

German

Etymology

un- + möglich; cognate with Hunsrik unmeeghlich, Old Danish umugh(i)likær, Old Norse úmǫguligr, and Old Swedish ōmø̄gheliker

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔʊn.ˈmøː.klɪç/, [ʔʊm.ˈmøː.klɪç]
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Adjective

unmöglich (strong nominative masculine singular unmöglicher, comparative unmöglicher, superlative am unmöglichsten)

  1. impossible
  2. unearthly, outrageous
  3. ridiculous

Declension

Adverb

unmöglich

  1. impossibly
  2. (sentence adverb) notpossibly, it is not possible for/that…
    Ich kann dir unmöglich helfen.
    I cannot possibly help you; It isn’t possible for me to help you.

Further reading

  • unmöglich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • unmöglich” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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