"mega" meaning in German

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Adjective

Forms: megaer [masculine, nominative, singular, strong]
Etymology: Conversion of mega-. Etymology templates: {{conversion|de|mega-}} Conversion of mega- Head templates: {{de-adj}} mega (strong nominative masculine singular megaer, not comparable)
  1. (slang, chiefly predicative) awesome, amazing Tags: not-comparable, predicative, slang
    Sense id: en-mega-de-adj-7Sw26hdG Categories (other): German conversions, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German conversions: 51 49 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mega-

Adverb

Etymology: Conversion of mega-. Etymology templates: {{conversion|de|mega-}} Conversion of mega- Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} mega, {{de-adv}} mega
  1. (colloquial, somewhat childish) very, super Tags: childish, colloquial Synonyms: sehr
    Sense id: en-mega-de-adv-D~ir~wj- Categories (other): German conversions, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German conversions: 51 49 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mega-

Download JSON data for mega meaning in German (2.4kB)

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