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Beim Abendessen stellt Lotte die entscheidende Frage: „Bist du hier glücklich?“ Over dinner, Lotte asks the crucial question: "Are you happy here?"

adjective · B2

entscheidend

[ɛntˈʃaɪ̯dn̩t]

decisive, crucial

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Other Examples

  • Für mich ist entscheidend, wo meine Freunde wohnen.

    For me, what matters most is where my friends live.

  • Das Gehalt ist für dich also nicht entscheidend?

    So the salary isn't the deciding factor for you?

  • Emil hält die Miete für den entscheidenden Punkt.

    Emil thinks the rent is the crucial point.

Grammar

Comparative
entscheidender Compares two things: … als …
Superlative
am entscheidendsten The most of all, with "am": am …sten.

How the Word Is Built

ent prefix scheid root end suffix

ent-
away, out of: entdecken (to discover), entfernen (to remove).

Word family

entscheidendie Entscheidungunentschieden

In Otti's situations: Should Otti move to Hamburg?

abraten allerdings andererseits argumentieren der Aspekt die Bedenken bereuen die Chance dennoch einerseits der Einwand die Entscheidung

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