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German
Etymology
Abschuss + -ig
Compare herabschießen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈapˌʃʏsɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈapˌʃʏsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: ab‧schüs‧sig
Adjective
abschüssig (strong nominative masculine singular abschüssiger, comparative abschüssiger, superlative am abschüssigsten)
- steep, sloping, precipitious
- Synonym: abfallend
- Antonyms: eben, ansteigend
- abschüssiges Gelände ― steep terrain
- eine abschüssige Straße ― a sloping road
Declension
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