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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "ziemlich" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "ziemlich" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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I was just watching the Tagesschau and one of the presenters said something i didn’t catch
the subtitles suggest:
Der Kanzerler muss eine ziemliche Kehrwende verkaufen
https://youtu.be/10P_3RUkhvc?si=QmuVPc4GzXvUletf&t=180
So i haven’t heard ziemlich declined before.
Is this like “the chanceler had to sell quite the turn around”
Yeah, that’s a fairly common use actually. “quite the” is a good match.