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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Unannehmlichkeit

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈʊnʔanˌneːmlɪçkaɪt/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inconvenience/ˌɪnkənˈviːniəns/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Wir entschuldigen uns für die Unannehmlichkeiten."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state or an instance of a problem or trouble that causes disadvantage, discomfort, or annoyance.

    "We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the temporary closure of the station."
As verb
  1. 1

    To cause trouble, difficulty, or discomfort to someone.

    "I hope this new schedule does not inconvenience you too much."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin inconvenientia, meaning 'unsuitability' or 'incongruity', combining the negative prefix in- with convenientia (from convenire, meaning 'to come together, agree, or be suitable'). Entering English in the late 16th century, the term shifted from denoting a lack of logical fitness or agreement to its modern primary sense of causing trouble, difficulty, or a lack of ease.

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