ziemlich
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- zml (internet slang)
Etymology edit
From Old High German zimilīh (“befitting”) or possibly directly from ziemen + -lich.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈtsiːmlɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈtsɪm(l)ɪç/ (regional variant, including western Germany)
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Adverb edit
ziemlich
- pretty, quite, rather, fairly, kind of
- Synonym: ganz
- Das Lied ist ziemlich gut. ― That song is pretty good.
- pretty much, quite a bit
- Synonym: ganz schön
- Er hat ziemlich rumgeschrien. ― He yelled quite a bit.