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German
Etymology
From Schlag + -artig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃlaːkˌʔaːɐ̯tɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-ˌʔaːɐ̯tɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: schlag‧ar‧tig
Adjective
schlagartig (strong nominative masculine singular schlagartiger, comparative schlagartiger, superlative am schlagartigsten)
- abrupt
Declension
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Adverb
schlagartig
- abruptly
2010, Der Spiegel, number 35/2010, page 93:Seit der rumänische Wirtschaftsboom vor zwei Jahren schlagartig mit der Finanzkrise zu Ende ging, ist die Arbeitslosigkeit im Land auf mehr als sieben Prozent gestiegen.- Since the Romanian economic boom abruptly came to an end with the financial crisis two years ago, the unemployment in te country rose to more than seven percent.
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