gleichsam

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German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

gleich +‎ -sam

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈɡlaɪ̯çzaːm/
  • Hyphenation: gleich‧sam
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Adverb [edit]

gleichsam

  1. in the same way, so to speak, quasi, as it were
    Ich fühlte mich gleichsam wie neugeboren.
    I felt like a newborn.
    • 1886, Rudolf Steiner, Grundlinien einer Erkenntnistheorie der goetheschen Weltanschauung, p.37
      Kant also hat die Unwissenschaftlichkeit hier gleichsam wissenschaftlich begründet.
      Here, Kant therefore has scientifically founded the unscientificity, as it were.

Synonyms [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

  • gleichsam als ob

References [edit]

  • gleichsam” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • gleichsam” in canoo.net
  • gleichsam” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon