schmächtig

German

Etymology

From schmachten (to crave, to languish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃmɛçtɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃmɛçtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: schmäch‧tig

Adjective

schmächtig (strong nominative masculine singular schmächtiger, comparative schmächtiger, superlative am schmächtigsten)

  1. lanky

Declension

Further reading

  • schmächtig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schmächtig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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