ungefähr
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German ungefähr.
Adverb
[edit]ungefähr
- (humorous) approximately
- 1897, Aage Rolf Ibsen, Frøken student: en fortaelling:
- ... saadan ungefähr var det, De udtrykte Dem ...
- something like that is the manner in which you expressed yourself ...
- 2013, Martin Kongstad, Fryser jeg, Art People, →ISBN:
- En electronicaduo spillede som regel kun eet sæt, tre kvarter plus det løse, ungefähr, ...
- An electronica duo usually only played one set, three quarters plus the loose thing(s), approximately, ...
- 2014, Hans T. Nielsen, Tom Nolting - mod alle odds: BIND II, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 275:
- Jeg blev indkvarteret på et lækkert hotel ungefähr midt mellem Trafalgar Square og Piccadilly Circus, ...
- I was quartered in a nice hotel about right between Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus, ...
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German ân gevœre, mostly Middle High German ân gevœrde (“without evil intention, without deceit”). Equivalent to ohne (“without”) + Gefahr (“threat, danger, peril”).[1] Cognate with Dutch ongeveer.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʊnɡəfɛːɐ̯/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈʊnɡəfeːɐ̯/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: un‧ge‧fähr
Adjective
[edit]ungefähr (strong nominative masculine singular ungefährer, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of ungefähr (uncomparable)
Adverb
[edit]ungefähr
- about
- approximately
- Wie viel kostet das ungefähr? ― How much does it cost approximately?
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “ohngefähr”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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