doppelzüngig

German

Etymology

doppel- + Zunge + -ig, perhaps a calque of Latin bilinguis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔpl̩ˌt͡sʏŋɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔpl̩ˌt͡sʏŋɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: dop‧pel‧zün‧gig

Adjective

doppelzüngig (strong nominative masculine singular doppelzüngiger, comparative doppelzüngiger, superlative am doppelzüngigsten)

  1. duplicitous, double-tongued
    • 2021 February 14, Christiane Müller-Lobeck, “Arabischer Frühling: Eigentümlich ironiefrei”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      An Personal fährt er einen folternden, schmierigen Geheimdienstmajor auf, etwas holzschnittartig gezeichnet gerade in seinen doppelzüngigsten Momenten.
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  2. (obsolete) bilingual

Declension

Synonyms

  • zweizüngig

Derived terms

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