No. 12,064 in German
un
The German word "un" is not a standalone word; it is a prefix meaning "un-" or "not" in English, used to form negatives or opposites (e.g., "unbekannt" = "unknown").
In a sentence
Un das ist der Plan.
And this is the plan.
In this sentence, 'Un' is a dialectal reduction of 'Und', which means 'And'.
Ich fühl' mich so unklar heute.
I feel so unclear today.
Here, 'un...klar' is a prefix 'un-' used in German to denote negation or opposite, paired with 'klar'.
Der wahre Grund bleibt uns unzugänglich.
The true reason remains inaccessible to us.
In this case, 'unzugänglich' uses the prefix 'un-' to negate the root word 'zugänglich', forming an adjective.
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