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German
Etymology
nachgeben + -ig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaːχˌɡiːbɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈnaːχˌɡiːbɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: nach‧gie‧big
Adjective
nachgiebig (strong nominative masculine singular nachgiebiger, comparative nachgiebiger, superlative am nachgiebigsten)
- pliable, complying with attempts to change its/his/her position (physically or figuratively)
- Synonyms: beugsam, geschmeidig
- Antonyms: unnachgiebig, spröde
- (law) being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties
- Synonym: dispositiv
- Antonym: zwingend
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