schlagartig

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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)
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  • Hyphenation: schlag‧ar‧tig

Adjective

schlagartig (strong nominative masculine singular schlagartiger, comparative schlagartiger, superlative am schlagartigsten)

  1. abrupt

Declension

Adverb

schlagartig

  1. 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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