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German
Etymology
Pausbacke + -ig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaʊ̯sˌbɛkɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈpaʊ̯sˌbɛkɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: paus‧bä‧ckig
- pre-1996: paus‧bäk‧kig
Adjective
pausbäckig (strong nominative masculine singular pausbäckiger, comparative pausbäckiger, superlative am pausbäckigsten)
- chubby-cheeked
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 10:
Das Schnitzwerk seines Gesimses stellte kleine, pausbäckige Engelchen dar, die zwischen allerhand Schnörkeln, wie in einem Irrgarten gefangen saßen.- The carving of its moulding depicted small, chubby-cheeked little angels, which sat, between all sorts of embellishments, like trapped in a maze.
Declension
Positive forms of pausbäckig
Comparative forms of pausbäckig
Superlative forms of pausbäckig
Further reading
- “pausbäckig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “pausbäckig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon