onwaarskynlik
Onwaarskynlik is a Dutch adverb that means "unlikely" or "improbable." The word is formed from the negative prefix on‑, derived from the Germanic "on" meaning "not," combined with the word waarskynlik, which itself originates from the Middle Dutch waarskynlyk, meaning "likely." Waarskynlyk comes from the root word waarskyn, referring to "weather" or more precisely "fate" or "event," and the suffix lik, which forms adjectives and adverbs indicating manner or possibility.
In contemporary Dutch usage, onwaarskynlik is employed to describe events, outcomes, or hypotheses that have a
The adjective form of onwaarskynlik is onwaarschijnlijke, meaning "unlikely" in the sense of a descriptive attribute.
Synonyms in Dutch include “niet zo waarschijnlijk,” “waarschijnlijk weinig,” and “zeldzaam.” However, onwaarskynlik carries a stronger
Onwaarskynlik shares its root with several other Germanic languages. In German, the analogous word is unwahrscheinlich;
In lexical databases, onwaarskynlik is indexed as an adverb of the Dutch language with the sense number