No. 927 in German
enorm
Extremely large or great.
In a sentence
Der Berg war enorm groß und beeindruckte alle Wanderer.
The mountain was enormously large and impressed all the hikers.
The word 'enorm' here is used as an adverb to emphasize the adjective 'groß', indicating a very large size of the mountain.
Er zeigte eine enorme Stärke, die alle überraschte.
He displayed enormous strength that surprised everyone.
In this sentence, 'enorm' acts as an attributive adjective describing the noun 'Stärke', conveying a significant quantity of strength.
Ihre Hilfe hatte einen enormen Einfluss auf den Erfolg des Projekts.
Her help had an enormous influence on the success of the project.
Here, 'enorm' modifies the noun 'Einfluss' with the adjective form 'enormen', suggesting a substantial impact.
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