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ellenlang: interminably long — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Quality-approved learning entryAdjectiveLevel C2

ellenlang

interminably long

Excessively long, especially when the length is tedious or unnecessary.

IPA/ˈɛlənˌlaŋ/

The main stress falls on el; the second component has secondary stress.

Meaning 1informal · 85%

Excessively long, especially when the length is tedious or unnecessary.

Der Vermieter schickte uns eine ellenlange Liste mit neuen Hausregeln.

Bitte erspar mir heute eine ellenlange Erklärung.

Das Protokoll enthielt ellenlange Passagen über belanglose Einzelheiten.

Mostly attributive; it conveys annoyance and is not a precise measure of duration.

ellenlange Diskussionen — interminable discussions

Ellenlang implies too much length, not merely something objectively long.

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Hyperbolic and colloquial; normally not given comparative or superlative forms.