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toll

great

adjective TOL Common
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Also means

mad

Usage Note

toll is a hugely common colloquial way to say something is fantastic, much like English 'cool' or 'awesome'. Its older literal sense is 'mad, raving', preserved in Tollwut ('rabies', literally 'mad-rage') and tollkühn ('foolhardy').

Examples

"Das ist eine tolle Idee."

Natural Translation

That's a great idea.

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