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No. 15,231 in German

umgangssprachlich

Colloquial.

In a sentence

  • Umgangssprachlich sagt man oft 'cool', wenn man 'gut' oder 'interessant' meint.

    Colloquially, people often say 'cool' when they mean 'good' or 'interesting'.

    Here, 'umgangssprachlich' introduces a statement about informal language usage, describing how people commonly use a particular expression in everyday speech.

  • Dieses Wort ist umgangssprachlich und wird nicht in formellen Dokumenten verwendet.

    This word is colloquial and is not used in formal documents.

    In this context, 'umgangssprachlich' denotes the informal nature of a word, emphasizing its restricted appropriateness to casual conversation rather than official or formal contexts.

  • Umgangssprachlich nennt man das Gerät oft 'Handy', obwohl dies eigentlich ein englisches Wort ist.

    Colloquially, this device is often called a 'Handy', although this is actually an English word.

    'Umgangssprachlich' here is used to highlight how a specific term is commonly used in casual German speech, despite its foreign origin and potential difference from formal nomenclature.

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