uncertain in All languages combined

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Derived forms: uncertainly, uncertainty Translations (unsicher, ungewiss, unbestimmt): unsicher (Deutsch), ungewiss (Deutsch), unbestimmt (Deutsch) Translations (unsicher, verunsichert): verunsichert (Deutsch) Translations (unstet, unbeständig, veränderlich, launenhaft): unstet (Deutsch), unbeständig (Deutsch), veränderlich (Deutsch), launenhaft (Deutsch) Translations (unzuverlässig): unzuverlässig (Deutsch) Translations (zweifelhaft, undeutlich, vage): zweifelhaft (Deutsch), undeutlich (Deutsch), vage (Deutsch) [Show more ▼] [Hide more ▲]

Categories (other): Adjektiv (Englisch), Anagramm sortiert (Englisch), Englisch, Roter Audiolink, Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch), Wiktionary:Audio-Datei, Siehe auch Synonyms: ambiguous, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, questionable, unsettled, insecure, precarious, problematical, capricious, changeable, desultory, fitful, fluctuating, irregular, mutable, shaky, slippery, unreliable, unsettled, variable

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      "word": "veränderlich"
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"uncertain" meaning in All languages combined

Adjective [Englisch]