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German
Etymology
Flucht + -ig; cognate with Swedish flyktig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflʏçtɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈflʏçtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: flüch‧tig
Adjective
flüchtig (strong nominative masculine singular flüchtiger, comparative flüchtiger, superlative am flüchtigsten)
- fleeting
- superficial, hasty
- fugitive (fleeing)
- (chemistry) volatile
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Further reading
- “flüchtig” in Duden online
- “flüchtig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache