wahrscheinlich

German

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vaː(ɐ̯)ˈʃaɪ̯nlɪç/
  • (rapid speech) IPA(key): /vaˈʃaɪ̯n(l)ɪç/, /və-/
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Adjective

wahrscheinlich (strong nominative masculine singular wahrscheinlicher, comparative wahrscheinlicher, superlative am wahrscheinlichsten)

  1. likely, probable, plausible
    Die wahrscheinliche Ursache des Fehlers wurde heute ermittelt.
    The probable cause of the failure was determined today.

Declension

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Adverb

wahrscheinlich

  1. probably, likely
    Wahrscheinlich regnet es heute Nachmittag.
    It will probably rain this afternoon.

Alternative forms
  • (internet slang) wsl

Further reading
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