vollkommen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German volkomen, volkumen, from Old High German folkoman. Equivalent to voll- + kommen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vollkommen (strong nominative masculine singular vollkommener, comparative vollkommener, superlative am vollkommensten)
- perfect (fitting its definition precisely)
- complete
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 125:
- Niemand konnte ihn hier vermuten, er hatte das Gefühl vollkommener Sicherheit, von keiner Seite drohte irgendwelche Gefahr.
- Nobody could suppose him to be here, he had the feeling of complete security, from no side did any danger threaten him.
Declension
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Comparative forms of vollkommen
Superlative forms of vollkommen
Adverb
[edit]vollkommen
- completely
- eine vollkommen andere Lebensart. ― a completely different kind of life.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vollkommen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “vollkommen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vollkommen” in Duden online
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