versehentlich
accidental; inadvertently
English translations
- 01
accidentally
- 02
by chance
- 03
inadvertently
Word details
- German meaning
- Unabsichtlich, ohne Absicht.
- English meaning
- Accidentally
- Synonym
- unabsichtlich, zufällig
- German example
- Ich habe versehentlich die falsche Taste gedrückt.
- English example
- I accidentally pressed the wrong button.
- Comparative
- versehentlicherSuperlative: am versehentlichsten
Related words
- stoßen
to bump, to encounter
- zerbrechen
To break
- verschütten
To spill
- ausschütten
to spill, to pour out
- verplappern
To blurt out, to spill the beans
- gelöscht
Deleted
- Apfelkern
Apple seed
- fälschlich
falsely
- kaputtreparieren
To make something worse while trying to fix it
- liegenlassen
To leave behind
- stossen
To push, to bump
- umtreten
To knock over
- zertreten
To trample
- irrtümlich
erroneously
- unbeabsichtigt
Unintentional
- umstoßen
To knock over
- auswerfen
To spit out, to eject
- verklappen
to blab, to spill the beans
- vertauschen
to exchange, to swap
- verschlucken
To swallow, to choke
- umschütten
To spill
- verschauen
to misread, to mistake
- fallenlassen
To drop
- unabsichtlich
Unintentionally
- eingeatmet
Inhaled
Example sentences with “versehentlich”
Ich habe die Datei versehentlich gelöscht. (I deleted the file accidentally.)
Frequently asked questions
Is 'versehentlich' an adjective or adverb?
It can be both, but it is most frequently used as an adverb to describe the manner of an action.