English-German translation for "impossibility"

"impossibility" German translation

impossibility
[-ˈbiliti; -əti]noun | Substantiv s

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Unmöglichkeit unmögliche Sache, Unmögliche
examples
  • the impossibility of doingsomething | etwas sth
    die Unmöglichkeit,something | etwas etwas zu tun
    the impossibility of doingsomething | etwas sth
  • unmögliche Sache
    impossibility impossible thing
    impossibility impossible thing
  • (das) Unmögliche
    impossibility
    impossibility
physical impossibility
physischeor | oder od absolute Unmöglichkeit
physical impossibility
a sheer impossibility
eine schiere Unmöglichkeit
a sheer impossibility
Daß wir uns solche Befugnisse nicht anmaßen konnten, war für uns recht leicht zu erkennen.
We could easily have realized the impossibility of doing this.
Source: Europarl
Heute, rund zehn Jahre später, sehen wir, dass dies keinesfalls eine Unmöglichkeit ist.
Today, slightly more than ten years later, we see that this is by no means an impossibility.
Source: Europarl
Hinzu kommt, dass jedem Abgeordneten nur eine Zusatzanfrage erlaubt ist.
The impossibility of having more than one supplementary for a Member adds to this.
Source: Europarl
Zum Teil spiegelt dies die Tatsache wider, dass das Sammeln von Nachrichten nahezu unmöglich ist.
This partly reflects the near impossibility of gathering news.
Source: News-Commentary
Es liegt also nicht an der Richtlinie, sondern an der gegenwärtigen Situation.
The impossibility lies, therefore, not in the directive but in the current situation.
Source: Europarl
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