ausgerechnet

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Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German ausgerechnet.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈau̯zɡɛrɛxnɛt]
  • Hyphenation: aus‧ge‧rech‧net

Adverb[edit]

ausgerechnet

  1. (colloquial) used for intensification, usually also expressing negative feeling; similar to German ausgerechnet
    Synonyms: právě, zrovna
    Proč musel přijít na návštěvu ausgerechnet dneska.
    Why did he have to come visit today of all days.

Further reading[edit]

  • ausgerechnet in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ausgerechnet in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • ausgerechnet in Internetová jazyková příručka

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Participle[edit]

ausgerechnet

  1. past participle of ausrechnen

Adverb[edit]

ausgerechnet

  1. Used to express irritation, indignation, or a similar emotional response to something against one's will; roughly equivalent to some usages of of all
    Von allen Kaschemmen der ganzen Welt kommt sie ausgerechnet in meine.
    Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.
    (Rick, in Casablanca)
    Ausgerechnet das blaue Kleid ist zerrissen!
    Of all dresses, the blue dress is torn!
    (indicating that the blue dress was the one the wearer most liked or wanted to wear that day)
    Blöd, dass ausgerechnet dieser Film schon ausverkauft war.
    Darn it, [of all films available,] this film was sold out!
    (for example, if this was the film the speaker had been looking forward to for weeks)
  2. Used to express the fact that the speaker thinks something is unlikely.
    Es wird schon nicht ausgerechnet mir passieren.
    That will not happen to me.

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