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German
Etymology
From Aussatz (“leprosy”) + -ig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔaʊ̯sˌzɛtsɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔaʊ̯sˌzɛtsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: aus‧sät‧zig
Adjective
aussätzig (strong nominative masculine singular aussätziger, not comparable)
- (especially historical, biblical) leprous (having leprosy)
- Synonym: (now preferred in medical contexts) leprakrank
- (figurative) outcast; shunned; being a pariah
- Synonym: ausgestoßen
Declension
Positive forms of aussätzig (uncomparable)
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