zufällig
accidental, random
English translations
- 01
random
Word details
- German meaning
- Ohne Absicht oder Plan; durch unvorhergesehene Umstände verursacht.
- English meaning
- random
- Synonym
- unabsichtlich, willkürlich
- German example
- Ich habe ihn zufällig in der Stadt getroffen.
- English example
- I met him randomly in the city.
Related words
- Zufälligkeit
Randomness
- stichprobenartig
Random means that something is not systematic or complete, but only based on a random selection.
- ungewollt
Unintended
- Los
lot
- Unvorhersehbarkeit
Unpredictability
- Romanze
romance
- Koinzidenz
Coincidence
- Würfelspiel
Dice game
- Abzählreim
Counting rhyme
- Serendipität
Serendipity
- begegnen
to encounter
- auslosen
To draw lots means to determine something by a random selection, e.g., by drawing lots.
- aufgabeln
To pick up, to find
- mitkriegen
To overhear means to hear or notice something by chance or unintentionally.
- arbiträr
Arbitrary
- willkürlich
Arbitrary
- aleatorisch
Aleatory, random
- versehentlich
Accidentally
- stochastisch
Stochastic
- beliebig
arbitrary
- randomisiert
Randomized
- akzidentell
Accidental
- inzident
incidental
- wahllos
Random
- jemandem über den Weg laufen
to run into someone
- Kontingenz
Contingency
- Begegnung
encounter
- Normalverteilung
Normal distribution is a continuous probability distribution often used in statistics to describe random variables that cluster around a mean.
- Gauß-Verteilung
Gaussian distribution
- Apophänie
Apophenia
- mitbekommen
to overhear, to notice, to catch
- wichteln
Secret Santa
- antreffen
to encounter, to meet
- unvorhersagbar
Unpredictable, not able to be foreseen or determined in advance.
- gewollt
intentional, deliberate
- ungerichtet
Undirected
- entropisch
Entropic
- beiläufig
Casually
- x-beliebig
Any old means random, arbitrary, or any particular, unspecified.
- Passant
Passerby
- Entropie
Entropy is a measure of the disorder or randomness in a system.
- Quantenfluktuation
Quantum fluctuation
- Münzwurf
Coin toss
- lauschen
Eavesdrop
- würfeln
To roll dice
- randomisieren
Randomize
- gerathen
To get into
- stichprobenhaft
Randomly, by sampling
Example sentences with “zufällig”
Das war zufällig. (That was accidental.)
Frequently asked questions
Can it mean 'by chance'?
Yes, 'Ich habe ihn zufällig getroffen'.