Polyglot Dictionary

unnötig

/ˈʊnnøːtɪç/

adjective B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

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Meaning

  1. unnecessary

    From nötig (necessary) + un-.

    • Das war eine unnötige Sorge.

      That was an unnecessary worry.

Similar words

überflüssig

Close synonyms for "unnecessary, superfluous."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

innecesario

innecesario is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "unnecessary."

Portuguese

desnecessário

desnecessário is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "unnecessary."

Practice

1 What does unnötig mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches unnötig?

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