German

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Etymology

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Brauch +‎ -bar

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʁaʊ̯χbaːɐ̯/
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Adjective

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brauchbar (strong nominative masculine singular brauchbarer, comparative brauchbarer, superlative am brauchbarsten)

  1. useful, handy
  2. usable
  3. (colloquial) quite good, decent (not bad)
  4. practicable, working
  5. sound

Declension

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Adverb

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brauchbar

  1. (colloquial) quite well

Derived terms

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Further reading

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