Vocabulary
unnahbar
· adjective
aloof, unapproachable, distant
Describing someone who keeps everyone at arm's length: a strict teacher, a cool boss, a film star.
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- unnahbarer
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- am unnahbarsten
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unnahbar
aloof, unapproachable, distant
Die Frau Professor, so Frau Kubelka, sei eine sehr strenge Person gewesen, geradezu unnahbar.
The Frau Professor, according to Frau Kubelka, had been a very strict person, downright aloof.
Word family
unnahbardie Unnahbarkeitaloofnessnahnear, close
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- Die Frau Professor, so Frau Kubelka, sei eine sehr strenge Person gewesen, geradezu unnahbar.The Frau Professor, according to Frau Kubelka, had been a very strict person, downright aloof.
- Nach außen wirkte er unnahbar, doch seine Freunde kannten ihn ganz anders.To the outside world he seemed aloof, but his friends knew him quite differently.
