뜬금없다

Korean

Etymology

띄운 (ttuiun, floating) + 금(金) (geum, gold, money) + 없다 (eopda, without, nothing). 뜬금 (tteun'geum) was originally a term to describe a price or cost that was not fixed, and varies depending on the place and market situation.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͈ɯnɡɯmʌ̹p̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tteun'geumeopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tteungeum'eobsda
McCune–Reischauer?ttŭn'gŭmŏpta
Yale Romanization?ttunkum.epsta

Adjective

뜬금없다 • (tteun'geumeopda) (infinitive 뜬금없어, sequential 뜬금없으니)

  1. randomly, unexpectedly, without warning
    뜬금없이 나타났다
    tteun'geumeopsi natanatda
    to appear without warning

Conjugation

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