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umsonst

[ʊmˈzɔnst]

adv

LanguageGerman (Germany)

Meaning
  1. free of charge, gratis
  2. in vain, without success
  3. for nothing; for the sake of doing it (without expecting reply)
  4. free of charge
Examples

Die Arbeit war umsonst, da das Projekt abgesagt wurde.

The work was in vain because the project was cancelled.

Pronunciationʊmˈzɔnst

Part of speechadv

Usage noteThis word has two common meanings: 'for free' and 'in vain'.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.