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German
Etymology
doppel- + Zunge + -ig, perhaps a calque of Latin bilinguis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔpl̩ˌt͡sʏŋɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔpl̩ˌt͡sʏŋɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: dop‧pel‧zün‧gig
Adjective
doppelzüngig (strong nominative masculine singular doppelzüngiger, comparative doppelzüngiger, superlative am doppelzüngigsten)
- duplicitous, double-tongued
2021 February 14, Christiane Müller-Lobeck, “Arabischer Frühling: Eigentümlich ironiefrei”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:An Personal fährt er einen folternden, schmierigen Geheimdienstmajor auf, etwas holzschnittartig gezeichnet gerade in seinen doppelzüngigsten Momenten.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (obsolete) bilingual
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