umsonst
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]um + sonst, compare Danish omsonst.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]umsonst
- free of charge, gratis
- Synonyms: gratis, kostenlos, kostenfrei
- in vain, without success
- Synonyms: vergebens, vergeblich, erfolglos
- for nothing; for the sake of doing it (without expecting reply)
See also
[edit]German correlatives
Further reading
[edit]Hunsrik
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]umsonst
- free, free of charge, gratis
- Das ist umsonst. ― This is free.
- in vain
- Was-mer gemach hon waar umsonst. ― What we did was in vain.
References
[edit]- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “umsonst”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português[1] (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 167
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