allmählich
Appearance
German
[edit]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.
Categories:
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms prefixed with all-
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German uncomparable adjectives
- German adverbs
- German terms with quotations