-wöchig

German

Alternative forms
  • -wochig (rare)

Etymology

From Woche +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvœçɪç] (standard)
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  • IPA(key): [ˈvœçɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: -wö‧chig

Suffix

-wöchig

  1. Builds an adjective that specifies the number of weeks in a duration or (less frequently) in an age.

Usage notes

In compounds with words, the suffix is appended to the word without a hyphen. In compounds with numbers, the suffix is appended to the word with a hyphen

Derived terms
German terms suffixed with -wöchig

Further reading
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