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entscheidend

decisive

adjective ent-SHY-dent Less Common
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Also means

crucial

Usage Note

entscheidend is the present participle of entscheiden ('to decide'), used adjectivally to mean decisive or crucial. As an adverb it intensifies, as in entscheidend besser ('decisively better'); the key noun in a phase is der entscheidende Punkt.

Examples

"Das war der entscheidende Moment."

Natural Translation

That was the decisive moment.

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