unheimlich

      English

      Etymology

      Borrowing from German unheimlich.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: /ʊnˈhaɪmlɪx/ (or as German, below)

      Adjective

      unheimlich (comparative more unheimlich, superlative most unheimlich)

      1. Weird, uncanny.
        • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 272:
          Werfner, damn him, keen-witted but unheimlich, is obsessed with railway lines

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      German

      Etymology

      un- + Heim + -lich

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: /ʊnˈhaɪmlɪç/
      • Hyphenation: un‧heim‧lich

      Adjective

      unheimlich (comparative unheimlicher, superlative am unheimlichsten)

      1. uncanny
      2. creepy, eerie
      3. incredible

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