Adjektiv

unerträglich

unbearable, intolerable, insufferable

Die Hitze im Sommer ist unerträglich.

The heat in summer is unbearable.

Sein Verhalten war einfach unerträglich.

His behaviour was simply insufferable.

unerträglich + Noun (as an adjective) It was an unerträgliche Situation (unbearable situation).

sein + unerträglich (as a predicative adjective) The noise ist unerträglich (is unbearable).

Synonyms: unausstehlich, unzumutbar; Antonyms: erträglich, angenehm

From the prefix un- (not) + erträglich (bearable), which comes from the verb ertragen (to bear, to endure). Literally 'not bearable'.

Think of something you cannot 'tragen' (carry) because it's too heavy or painful. It is 'un-erträglich'.

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