ausgerechnet meaning and definition in german

Verb

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1. Past participleof ausrechnen.
2. Used to express that some specific is affected in some way, against one's will; roughly equivalent with some usages of of all Von allen Kaschemmen der ganzen Welt kommt sie ausgerechnet in meine. Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine. — Rick, in Casablanca Ausgerechnet das blaue Kleid ist zerrissen! Of all dresses, the blue dress is torn! (indicating that the blue dress was the one the wearer most liked or wanted to wear that day) Blöd, dass ausgerechnet dieser Film schon ausverkauft war. Darn it, [of all films available,] this'' film was sold out! (for example, if this was the film the speaker had been looking forward to for weeks)