rissig

German

Etymology

Riss + -ig, since the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɪsɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɪsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: ris‧sig

Adjective

rissig (strong nominative masculine singular rissiger, comparative rissiger, superlative am rissigsten)

  1. cracked (having cracks)

Declension

References

  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “rissig”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • rissig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • rissig” in Duden online
  • rissig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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