🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

entwirrt

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ent-veer-t

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Untangled/ʌnˈtæŋɡəld/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Nach dem Sortieren waren die Kabel endlich entwirrt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not tangled; free from knots or complications.

    "After hours of sorting, the cables were finally untangled."
As verb
  1. 1

    Past tense of untangle; to have freed from tangles.

    "She untangled the fishing line before casting it again."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'untangled' is derived from the prefix 'un-' meaning 'not' and the verb 'tangle', which comes from Middle English 'tangel' or 'tanglen', meaning to twist or intertwine. The combination reflects a state of being free from knots or complications, evolving in usage to describe clarity or resolution in various contexts.

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