fantastic

fantastic
adjective
1) (grotesque, quaint) bizarr; (fanciful) fantastisch
2) (coll.): (excellent, extraordinary) fantastisch (ugs.)
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[fæn'tæstik]
adjective
1) (unbelievable and like a fantasy: She told me some fantastic story about her father being a Grand Duke!) Phantasie-...
2) (wonderful; very good: You look fantastic!) phantastisch
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fan·tas·tic
[fænˈtæstɪk]
adj
1. (fam: wonderful) fantastisch fam
we had an absolutely \fantastic time on holiday unsere Ferien waren total super sl
they've won a prize? \fantastic! sie haben etwas gewonnen? toll!
I've just had a \fantastic idea! ich habe eine Superidee! fam
a \fantastic opportunity eine einzigartige Gelegenheit
to look \fantastic person umwerfend aussehend
2. (fam: extremely large) enorm
a \fantastic amount of money ein Haufen m Geld fam
to take a \fantastic effort to do sth unwahrscheinlich viel Mühe kosten, etw zu tun
3. (not real, strange) Fantasie-
\fantastic animal Fabeltier nt
\fantastic figure/image Fantasiegestalt f/Fantasiebild nt
4. (unbelievable) unwahrscheinlich; (unreasonable) unsinnig, abstrus
by the most \fantastic coincidence durch absoluten Zufall
a \fantastic plan ein absurder Plan
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[fn'tstɪk]
1. interj (inf)
fantastisch!, toll! (inf)

you're pregnant? fantastic! — du bist schwanger? (das ist ja) toll! (inf)

2. adj
1) (inf: wonderful) fantastisch, toll (inf)

it was a fantastic success — es war ein Riesenerfolg

to look fantastic — fantastisch or fabelhaft aussehen

to sound fantastic — sich fantastisch anhören

2) (inf: terrific, huge) range, profit fantastisch

a fantastic amount of, fantastic amounts of — unwahrscheinlich or wahnsinnig viel (inf)

at a fantastic speed — unwahrscheinlich or wahnsinnig schnell (inf)

3) (= fantastical, exotic) creature fantastisch, phantastisch

fantastic world — Fabelwelt f

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4) (= unbelievable, improbable) story unwahrscheinlich; truth unglaublich

fantastic though that may seem — so unglaublich das auch scheinen mag

it all seems a bit too fantastic to me — es kommt mir alles etwas zu unglaublich vor

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fantastic [fænˈtæstık] adj (adv fantastically) fantastisch:
a) auf Fantasie beruhend, unwirklich
b) absurd, aus der Luft gegriffen
c) verstiegen, überspannt
d) umg toll, großartig
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adjective
1) (grotesque, quaint) bizarr; (fanciful) fantastisch
2) (coll.): (excellent, extraordinary) fantastisch (ugs.)
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adj.
fantastisch adj.
phantastisch adj.

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