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German
Etymology
From schmachten (to crave, to languish).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmɛçtɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmɛçtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: schmäch‧tig
Adjective
schmächtig (strong nominative masculine singular schmächtiger, comparative schmächtiger, superlative am schmächtigsten)
- lanky
Declension
Positive forms of schmächtig
Comparative forms of schmächtig
Superlative forms of schmächtig
Further reading
- “schmächtig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schmächtig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon