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German
Etymology
From Mond (“moon”) + süchtig (“addicted”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoːntˌzʏçtɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-ˌzʏçtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: mond‧süch‧tig
Adjective
mondsüchtig (strong nominative masculine singular mondsüchtiger, comparative mondsüchtiger, superlative am mondsüchtigsten)
- moonstruck
1880, Johanna Spyri, Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre:Und vielleicht kann sich der Herr Pfarrer auch noch der Mutter erinnern, der Adelheid; sie war mondsüchtig und hatte Zufälle, soll das Kind auch so etwas holen mit der Anstrengung?- Perhaps, Pastor, you remember her mother Adelaide? She was moonstruck and had fainting spells. What if the child gets something similar for the effort?
Declension
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