verschwindend

vanishingly, negligibly

adverb fer-SHVIN-dend Rare

Usage Note

verschwindend is almost always followed by gering or klein: verschwindend gering (vanishingly small). It likens the quantity to something disappearing — a vivid way of saying something is negligible.

Examples

"Der Anteil der Fehler war verschwindend gering."

Natural Translation

The proportion of errors was vanishingly small.

Literal Translation

The share of-the errors was vanishingly small.

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