"unheimlich" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ʊnˈhaɪmlɪx/, /ʊnˈhaɪmlɪk/ Forms: more unheimlich [comparative], most unheimlich [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from German unheimlich. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|unheimlich}} German unheimlich Head templates: {{en-adj}} unheimlich (comparative more unheimlich, superlative most unheimlich)
  1. Weird, uncanny.
    Sense id: en-unheimlich-en-adj-lBiyzdo6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 93 2 4 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 2 3 0 1
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German unheimlich.",
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1936, Isiah Berlin, letter, 3 Jun 1936",
          "text": "My point is that there is no grand single line, everything is in bits, & often absolutely dead, & always very unheimlich, almost macabre."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 272:",
          "text": "Werfner, damn him, keen-witted but unheimlich, is obsessed with railway lines",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Søren Kirkegaard, translated by MG Piety, Repetition, Oxford, page 33:",
          "text": "The music rings throughout the hall, somewhat unheimlich, given that the place is so empty.",
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      "ipa": "/ʊnˈhaɪmlɪx/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ʊnˈhaɪmlɪk/"
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German unheimlich.",
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    {
      "form": "more unheimlich",
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        "comparative"
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    },
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        "superlative"
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          "ref": "1936, Isiah Berlin, letter, 3 Jun 1936",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 272:",
          "text": "Werfner, damn him, keen-witted but unheimlich, is obsessed with railway lines",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Søren Kirkegaard, translated by MG Piety, Repetition, Oxford, page 33:",
          "text": "The music rings throughout the hall, somewhat unheimlich, given that the place is so empty.",
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      "ipa": "/ʊnˈhaɪmlɪx/"
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