sehenswürdig
German
Etymology
sehen (“to see”) + -s- + -würdig (“-worthy”). Compare English sightworthy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzeːənsˌvʏʁdɪç/ (standard)
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈzeːənsˌvʏʁdɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: se‧hens‧wür‧dig
Adjective
sehenswürdig (strong nominative masculine singular sehenswürdiger, comparative sehenswürdiger, superlative am sehenswürdigsten)
- worth seeing
- Synonym: sehenswert
Declension
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Further reading
- “sehenswürdig” in Duden online
- “sehenswürdig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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