unehelich

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- (un-) +‎ ehelich (marital), further analyzable as un- (un-) +‎ Ehe (marriage) +‎ -lich (-ly)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊnˌ(ʔ)eː(.ə).lɪç/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: un‧ehe‧lich

Adjective[edit]

unehelich (strong nominative masculine singular unehelicher, not comparable)

  1. extramarital
    uneheliche sexuelle Beziehungenextramarital sexual relations
  2. born out of wedlock
    uneheliche Kinderchildren born out of wedlock
  3. (as 'uneheliches Kind') used to describe something as appearing like the outcome of two things being mixed
    Armadillos sehen aus wie das uneheliche Kind von einer Ratte und einem Autoreifen.
    Armadillos look like the bastard child of a rat and a car tyre.

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References[edit]

  • unehelich” in Duden online
  • unehelich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache