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German
Etymology
From Middle High German smæhelich, smāhelich, smāhlich, smēlich, from Old High German smāhlīh, from Proto-West Germanic *smāhalīk, *smāhīlīk, equivalent to schmähen + -lich.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmɛːlɪç/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmeː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: schmäh‧lich
Adjective
schmählich (strong nominative masculine singular schmählicher, comparative schmählicher, superlative am schmählichsten)
- shameful, ignominious, dishonorable
Declension
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