wahrscheinlich
German
editEtymology
editMid-17th century, from Dutch waarschijnlijk (1540), itself a loan translation of French vraisemblable and/or Latin verisimilis (“probable”). Analysable as wahr (“true”) + scheinen (“to seem”) + -lich (“-ly”), thus “trueseemly, trueseeming”. Cognate to German Low German wohrschynlik.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editwahrscheinlich (strong nominative masculine singular wahrscheinlicher, comparative wahrscheinlicher, superlative am wahrscheinlichsten)
- likely, probable, plausible
- Die wahrscheinliche Ursache des Fehlers wurde heute ermittelt.
- The probable cause of the failure was determined today.
Declension
editPositive forms of wahrscheinlich
Comparative forms of wahrscheinlich
Superlative forms of wahrscheinlich
Adverb
editwahrscheinlich
Alternative forms
edit- (internet slang) wsl
Further reading
edit- “wahrscheinlich” in Duden online
- “wahrscheinlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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