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German
Etymology
From Middle High German sliunec (“hastily”), from Old High German sliumo, sniumo (“immediately”, literally “moving quickly”), from or related to Proto-West Germanic *sniumijan (“to hurry”). The -l/n replacement seems to have been produced by assimilation on account of the suffix -n.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃlɔɪ̯nɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃlɔɪ̯nɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: schleu‧nig
Adjective
schleunig (strong nominative masculine singular schleuniger, comparative schleuniger, superlative am schleunigsten)
- speedy, quick, rapid, prompt
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