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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.

  2. at all; anyway

    Hört ihr mir überhaupt zu?

    Are you listening to me at all?

  3. actually
  4. even