zusammengewürfelt

/tsuˈzamənɡəˌvʏʁfl̩t/

adjective C1

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

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Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. motley, thrown together

    • Es war eine zusammengewürfelte Truppe.

      It was a motley crew.

Similar words

gemischt

Gemischt is the neutral word for "mixed"; zusammengewürfelt is colorful and colloquial, "thrown together" almost randomly, like a motley crew.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

heterogêneo

heterogêneo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "motley, mixed, heterogeneous."

Practice

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