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German
Etymology
Kniff + -ig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknɪflɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈknɪflɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: kniff‧lig
Adjective
knifflig (strong nominative masculine singular kniffliger, comparative kniffliger, superlative am kniffligsten)
- tricky, fiddly
Declension
Positive forms of knifflig
Comparative forms of knifflig
Superlative forms of knifflig
Further reading
- “knifflig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “knifflig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon