vielversprechend

== German == === Etymology === Literally, “much-promising”. From viel (“much”) +‎ versprechend (present participle of versprechen (“to promise”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfiːlferˌʃprɛçənt/, [ˈfiːl.fɐˌʃpʁɛ.çn̩t], [-fɛɐ̯-], [-çənt] Hyphenation: viel‧ver‧spre‧chend === Adjective === vielversprechend (strong nominative masculine singular vielversprechender, comparative vielversprechender or (less common) mehrversprechend, superlative am vielversprechendsten or (less common) am meistversprechenden) promising (expected to have a positive result or future) vielversprechender Anfang. ― promising start. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “vielversprechend” in Duden online