ungefähr

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German ungefähr.

Adverb[edit]

ungefähr

  1. (humorous) approximately
    • 1897, Aage Rolf Ibsen, Frøken student: en fortaelling:
      ... saadan ungefähr var det, De udtrykte Dem ...
      something like that is the manner in which you expressed yourself ...
    • 2013, Martin Kongstad, Fryser jeg, Art People, →ISBN:
      En electronicaduo spillede som regel kun eet sæt, tre kvarter plus det løse, ungefähr, ...
      An electronica duo usually only played one set, three quarters plus the loose thing(s), approximately, ...
    • 2014, Hans T. Nielsen, Tom Nolting - mod alle odds: BIND II, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 275:
      Jeg blev indkvarteret på et lækkert hotel ungefähr midt mellem Trafalgar Square og Piccadilly Circus, ...
      I was quartered in a nice hotel about right between Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus, ...

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German ân gevœre, mostly Middle High German ân gevœrde (without evil intention, without deceit). Equivalent to ohne (without) + Gefahr (threat, danger, peril).[1]

Cognate with Dutch ongeveer.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊnɡəfɛːɐ̯/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʊnɡəfeːɐ̯/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: un‧ge‧fähr

Adjective[edit]

ungefähr (strong nominative masculine singular ungefährer, not comparable)

  1. approximate

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ungefähr

  1. about
  2. approximately

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Danish: ungefähr, ungefær
  • Swedish: ungefär

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “ohngefähr”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading[edit]

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