Talk:unerhört

Think this is not correct. The German word means as much as "rude, outrageous, improper, indecent, impertinent, disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, bad mannered, unfeeling, indelicate".

"Not heard of" is: "ungehört". 91.141.193.139 13:15, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Feel free to add more translations. But you are not right that unheard-of is an incorrect translation. For example, eine unerhörte Leistung ("achievement") or eine unerhörte Anstrengung ("effort") does not have the negative connotation of the translations given by you . --Zeitlupe 14:03, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * It doesn't. Nevertheless it doesn't mean "unheard-of", but simply "great, immense". 94.221.99.106 23:20, 30 September 2018 (UTC (talk)
 * PS: Probably "unheard-of" can serve as a rough translation that combines both meanings. I'll make that change. 94.221.99.106 23:20, 30 September 2018 (UTC (talk)


 * The truth is that "unerhört" did originally mean "unknown, not heard of". See Deutsches Wörterbuch. This sense is obsolete, however, and I've labelled it thus. 84.57.154.1 21:16, 4 August 2021 (UTC)