wahrscheinlich

Meaning

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vaː(ɐ̯)ˈʃaɪ̯nlɪç/
Etymology

Mid-17th century, from Dutch waarschijnlijk (1540), itself a loan translation of French vraisemblable and/or Latin verisimilis (“probable”). Analysable as wahr (“true”) + scheinen (“to seem”) + -lich (“-ly”), thus “trueseemly, trueseeming”. Cognate to German Low German wohrschynlik.

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