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German
Etymology
Panzer + -artig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpant͡sɐˌʔaːɐ̯tɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-ˌʔaːɐ̯tɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: pan‧zer‧ar‧tig
Adjective
panzerartig (strong nominative masculine singular panzerartiger, not comparable)
- armourlike
1915 October, Franz Kafka, “Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]”, in Die Weißen Blätter , volume 2, number 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher; republished as David Wyllie, transl., 2021:Er lag auf seinem panzerartig harten Rücken und sah, wenn er den Kopf ein wenig hob, seinen gewölbten, braunen, von bogenförmigen Versteifungen geteilten Bauch, auf dessen Höhe sich die Bettdecke, zum gänzlichen Niedergleiten bereit, kaum noch erhalten konnte.- He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment.
Declension
Positive forms of panzerartig (uncomparable)