allmählich
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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German almehlich. By surface analysis, all- + mählich (“slow”), from Proto-Germanic *makaz; related to Old Norse makligr.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ʔalˈmɛːlɪç/ (standard; used in western Germany and Switzerland)
Audio: (file)
- IPA(key): /ʔalˈmeːlɪç/ (more common; particularly in northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: all‧mäh‧lich
Adjective[edit]
allmählich (strong nominative masculine singular allmählicher, not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of allmählich (uncomparable)
Derived terms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
allmählich
- gradually, little by little
- 2020 April 8, Renxin, “Aus der Geschichte lernen: Von der Kommunistischen Partei der Sowjetunion zur KP Chinas”, in Minghui[1]:
- Die Bürger in der Sowjetunion begannen allmählich die Falschheit der Kommunistischen Partei zu begreifen.
- The inhabitants in the Soviet Union began gradually to comprehend the falsehood of the Communist Party.
Further reading[edit]
- “allmählich” in Duden online
- “allmählich” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “allmählich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “allmählich” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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