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unmittelbar

immediate

adjective adverb UN-mit-tel-bar Common
Descriptions & Qualities Manner

Also means

directly

Usage Note

unmittelbar means direct or immediate, with no intermediary in space or time, as in in unmittelbarer Nähe ('in the immediate vicinity'). It literally negates mittelbar ('indirect'), built on Mittel ('means'). It often stresses immediacy of place rather than the urgency conveyed by sofort.

Examples

"Sie wohnt in unmittelbarer Nähe."

Natural Translation

She lives in the immediate vicinity.

Literal Translation

She lives in immediate vicinity.

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