unbedarft
German
Etymology
First attested around 1900, borrowed from Low German unbedarvd (“clumsy”), from Middle Low German unbederve, unbedarve (“weak, clumsy”), ultimately from Middle Low German bederven, bedarven (“to need, to require”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʊnbəˌdaʁft]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: un‧be‧darft
Adjective
unbedarft (strong nominative masculine singular unbedarfter, comparative unbedarfter, superlative am unbedarftesten)
- clueless
- Synonym: ahnungslos
- Er war literarisch ziemlich unbedarft. ― He was quite ignorant of literature.
- inexperienced
- unexperienced
- simple-minded, naive
Declension
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “unbedarft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “unbedarft” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “unbedarft” in Duden online
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