Adjektiv

ungeahnt

undreamt of, unsuspected, unforeseen

Das Projekt hatte ungeahnte Schwierigkeiten.

The project had unforeseen difficulties.

Er entdeckte ungeahnte Talente in sich.

He discovered unsuspected talents in himself.

an ungeahnter/e/es + Noun (attributive) an unforeseen ... The project had ungeahnte difficulties.

Synonyms: unerwartet, unvorhergesehen; Antonyms: erwartet, geahnt, vorhersehbar

From 'un-' (not) + 'geahnt' (past participle of 'ahnen', to suspect/foresee). Literally means "not foreseen" or "unsuspected".

Think of the noun 'Ahnung' (a hunch, an inkling). 'Ungeahnt' means something happened for which you had no 'Ahnung' or clue.

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