# willkürlich

willkürlich is a German adjective meaning “arbitrary”. Forms: willkürlicher, am willkürlichsten.

## Forms

- Comparative: willkürlicher
- Superlative: am willkürlichsten

## In other languages

- Русский: произвольный

## Meanings

1. arbitrary, random, haphazard

## Examples

- Niemand darf willkürlich seines Eigentums beraubt werden. — No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
- Das Programm stürzt willkürlich ab. — The program crashes randomly.
- Tiere scheinen sich willkürlich fortzubewegen. — Animals seem to move at random.
- Unsere Entscheidung, nach Portugal zu fahren, war recht willkürlich. — Our decision to go to Portugal was quite arbitrary.
- Wäre es besser, wenn Zahlen völlig willkürlich wären und keine gefühlsmäßigen Assoziationen besäßen? — Would it be better if numbers were completely arbitrary and had no emotional associations?

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