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Der Wolf ist in den Dörfern um Berlin ein umstrittenes Tier. In the villages around Berlin, the wolf is a controversial animal.

adjective · C1

umstritten

[ʊmˈʃtʁɪtn̩]

controversial, disputed

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kontrovers

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Grammar

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

How the Word Is Built

um prefix stritt root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

der Streitstreitenunumstritten

In Otti's situations: Kalle and the return of the wolf

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