Vocabulary
spontan
· adjective
spontaneous; on the spur of the moment
Doing something without a plan, because you feel like it right now: eine spontane Reise, spontan vorbeikommen.
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Forms
- Komparativ
- spontaner
- Superlativ
- am spontansten
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spontan
spontaneous; on the spur of the moment
Gisela war in ihrem ganzen Leben kein einziges Mal spontan gewesen.
Never once in her whole life had Gisela been spontaneous.
Word family
spontandie Spontaneitätspontaneityder Spontankaufimpulse buy
Common combinations
- sich spontan entscheidento decide on the spur of the moment
- ganz spontanjust like that, without planning
Similar & opposite
↔ Opposites
geplant
Real examples
- Gisela war in ihrem ganzen Leben kein einziges Mal spontan gewesen.Never once in her whole life had Gisela been spontaneous.
- Am Samstag sind wir ganz spontan ans Meer gefahren.On Saturday we went to the seaside, just like that.
- Du könntest ruhig ein bisschen spontaner sein!You could be a bit more spontaneous, you know!
