English-German translations for impossible

• unmöglich
  Das ist keine unmögliche Aufgabe. That is not an impossible task.
  Ein einheitliche Lösung ist unmöglich. A single solution is impossible.
  So ganz unmöglich ist es auch nicht. So it is not entirely impossible.
• ausgeschlossen
  Das ist völlig ausgeschlossen. That is absolutely impossible.
  Dennoch sind Schocks nicht völlig ausgeschlossen. Having said this, shocks are not totally impossible.
  Den Mitmenschen als Bedrohung anzusehen oder ihn in seiner Würde anzutasten, ist damit vollkommen ausgeschlossen. This should make it impossible to see one' s fellow man as a threat or to harm his dignity.

Definition of impossible

• Not possible; not able to be done or happen
• Very difficult to deal with
• imaginary
• an impossibility

Examples

• It is difficult, if not impossible, to memorize 20,000 consecutive numbers
• Sarah thinks that nothing is impossible because things can always somehow happen
• You never listen to a word I say – youre impossible!
• impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers

Related words

• impossible event
• mission impossible
• The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer
• The impossible we do at once; the miraculous takes a little longer
• there is no such word as impossible
• it is impossible
• it is completely impossible
• nothing is impossible to a willing mind