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ausgerechnet
ausgerechnet
German
Verb
ausgerechnet
- Past participle of ausrechnen.
- Used to express that some specific is affected in some way, against one's will; roughly equivalent with some usages of of all
- Von allen Kaschemmen der ganzen Welt kommt sie ausgerechnet in meine.
- Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine. — Rick, in Casablanca
- Ausgerechnet das blaue Kleid ist zerrissen!
- Of all dresses, the blue dress is torn! (indicating that the blue dress was the one the wearer most liked or wanted to wear that day)
- Blöd, dass ausgerechnet dieser Film schon ausverkauft war.
- Darn it, [of all films available,] this film was sold out! (for example, if this was the film the speaker had been looking forward to for weeks)
- Von allen Kaschemmen der ganzen Welt kommt sie ausgerechnet in meine.