überraschend
/yːbɐˈʁaʃn̩t/
adjective
B1
der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
Similar words
verwunderlich leans toward "puzzling" or strange surprising; überraschend is more neutrally "surprising."
Similar in other languages
English
überraschend (surprising) and amazing overlap -- something amazing is almost always surprising too.
Practice
1 What does überraschend mean?
surprising
2 Fill the gap: Das kam für alle ___.
Full sentence: Das kam für alle überraschend. (That came as a surprise to everyone.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches überraschend?
überraschend: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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