-bedürftig

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See also: bedürftig

German

Etymology

From bedürftig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈdʏʁftɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /beˈdʏʁftɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: be‧dürft‧ig

Suffix

-bedürftig

  1. Forms adjectives denoting the need of something.
    Hilfe (“help”) → hilfsbedürftig (“needy”)
    Erklärung (“explanation”) → erklärungsbedürftig (“in need of explanation”)
    Schutz (“protection”) → schutzbedürftig (“in need of protection”)

Usage notes

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -bedürftig

Further reading

  • “-bedürftig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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