stiefmütterlich
German
Etymology
Stiefmutter (“stepmother”) + -lich (“-ly”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtiːfˌmʏtɐlɪç/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: stief‧müt‧ter‧lich
Adjective
stiefmütterlich (strong nominative masculine singular stiefmütterlicher, comparative stiefmütterlicher, superlative am stiefmütterlichsten)
- stepmotherly, neglected, unloved, shabby (treatment of a person, etc.), novercal (rare)
Declension
Positive forms of stiefmütterlich
Comparative forms of stiefmütterlich
Superlative forms of stiefmütterlich
Derived terms
- stiefmütterlich behandeln
- stiefmütterlich behandelt werden
- stiefmütterlicherweise
- stiefmütterlichseits
- Stiefmütterlichkeit
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “stiefmütterlich” in Duden online
- “stiefmütterlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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