# vermeintlich

vermeintlich is a German adjective meaning “supposed”.

## In other languages

- Русский: предполагаемый, мнимый

## Meanings

1. supposed, alleged
2. imaginary
   - 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 256 — We dispute the possibility and also the desirability of the individual that is separated from the whole, whose imaginary freedom could be nothing else but isolation, with the consequence of downfall in the social vacuum.
3. so supposed; wrongly supposed alleged; putative
   - Der vermeintliche VW war in Wirklichkeit ein Audi.

## Examples

- Vermeintliche Freunde haben auf mich geschossen. — I was shot at by people I thought were my friends.
- Jede vermeintliche Verschwörungstheorie hat sich leider als Realität herausgestellt. — Unfortunately, every so-called conspiracy theory turned out to be true.

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