German edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

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

  1. impossible
  2. unearthly, outrageous
  3. ridiculous

Declension edit

Adverb edit

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 edit

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