uomgængelig

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to u- (“un-”) +‎ omgængelig (“sociable”), after German únumgänglich (“unsociable”) and unumgä́nglich (“unavoidable”), adjectives of úmgehen (“to deal with”) and umgéhen (“to avoid”), corresponding to Danish omgås (“to deal with”) and omgå (“to avoid”) respectively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʌmˈɡ̊ɛŋˀəli], [ʌmˈɡ̊ɛŋˀli]

Adjective

uomgængelig (neuter uomgængeligt, plural and definite singular attributive uomgængelige)

1. unsociable
2. unavoidable

Adverb

uomgængelig

1. unavoidably

Derived terms

• uomgængelighed