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grundsätzlich

fundamental

adjective GRUNT-zets-likh Less Common
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Also means

in principle

Usage Note

grundsätzlich builds on Grundsatz ('principle') and shifts between 'fundamental' and the adverb 'in principle'. Watch the nuance: it can mean either 'always, as a rule' or 'in principle but not in practice', so context disambiguates.

Examples

"Das ist grundsätzlich richtig."

Natural Translation

That's fundamentally correct.

Literal Translation

That is fundamentally correct.

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