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natürlich

natural

adjective adverb na-TUYR-likh Less Common
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Also means

of course

Usage Note

natürlich does double duty: as an adjective it means natural, but as a one-word reply it means 'of course' or 'naturally'. Germans use it constantly to agree warmly, e.g. Natürlich!. The opposite adjective is künstlich ('artificial').

Examples

"Das ist natürlich kein Problem."

Natural Translation

That's of course no problem.

Literal Translation

That is naturally no problem.

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