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German
Etymology
hoch + Nase + -ig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoːχˌnɛːzɪç/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /-ˌneːzɪç/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- IPA(key): /-ˌnɛːzɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: hoch‧nä‧sig
Adjective
hochnäsig (strong nominative masculine singular hochnäsiger, comparative hochnäsiger, superlative am hochnäsigsten)
- snooty, stuck-up, haughty
1907, Robert Walser, Geschwister Tanner, Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, page 277:Ich denke jetzt natürlich so, weil für mich das Weiterexistieren zu allererst in Frage kommt, weil ich Adressen schreibe im kargen Tagelohn, und ich kann mit der hochnäsigen Kunst nicht sympathisieren, weil sie mir im Augenblick als das Nebensächlichste in der Welt vorkommt; […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- supercilious, arrogant
Declension
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