🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Übelkeit

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Übelkeit

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nausea/ˈnɔːziə/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Medikament kann Übelkeit verursachen."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit.

    "A wave of nausea swept over him."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Early 17th century: via Latin from Greek nausia, from naus 'ship' (because sea sickness is the commonest cause).

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