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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Äußern

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈɔʏsɐn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Utter/ˈʌt.ər/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er konnte seine Gedanken nicht äußern."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To express audibly; to speak or pronounce.

    "She could hardly utter a word in her surprise."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Complete; absolute; total.

    "His utter disregard for the rules was shocking."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'utteren', originating from Old English 'ūtian' meaning 'to put out', based on 'ūt' meaning 'out'. Historically, the meaning evolved from putting things out or outward to expressing words aloud, bringing thoughts from inside the mind out into the open.

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