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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

ästhetisch ansprechend

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈɛstɛtɪʃ ˈanʃpʁɛkn̩/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Aesthetically-pleasing/ɛsˈθɛtɪkli ˈpliːzɪŋ/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Gebäude hat ein ästhetisch ansprechendes Design."

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Giving pleasure through beauty, good taste, or artistic design.

    "The minimalist architecture of the new library is remarkably aesthetically-pleasing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'aesthetic' (originating from Greek 'aisthetikos', meaning perceptive or sensitive, entering English in the 19th century via German 'Ästhetik') and 'pleasing' (from Old English 'plegian' and Anglo-French roots). The hyphenated adjectival compound emerged in modern design and literary contexts to explicitly describe qualities that afford sensory or visual gratification.

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