Translation
mean, cruel, nasty
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Word origin
From Old High German gimeini ('common, shared'), the same Germanic root as English mean in the sense of unkind.
- Origin
- Old High German
- Root
- gimeini
- English cognates
- mean
Examples
, auszulachen.
It was mean of you to laugh at her.
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The boss can sometimes be really nasty.
?
Why are you being so cruel to me today?
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