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überhaupt

adv · /ˌyːbɐˈhaʊ̯pt/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German überhoubet, equivalent to über- + Haupt.

Translation

  1. overall, in general

    1812, the Brothers Grimm, Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Berlin, die Realschulbuchhandlung, page VIII

    One will easily notice besides, that it has only held on, where overall there has been an active receptiveness for poetry or a phantasy still not extinguished by the vicissitudes of life.

    Möglicherweise ist das Glück, das uns dort erwartet, überhaupt nicht die Art Glück, die wir uns wünschen würden.

    It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want.

  2. absolutely source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  3. at all; anyway

    Hört ihr mir überhaupt zu?

    Are you listening to me at all?

  4. actually
  5. even

überhaupt

adj ·

Translation

  1. anyhow source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  2. whatsoever source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en