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German
Etymology
Schwachsinn + -ig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard)
- IPA(key): (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: schwach‧sin‧nig
Adjective
schwachsinnig (strong nominative masculine singular schwachsinniger, comparative schwachsinniger, superlative am schwachsinnigsten)
- nonsensical, stupid
- Synonyms: unsinnig, blödsinnig
- ein schwachsinniger Plan ― a foolish plan
- (dated, of a person) half-witted, feeble-minded, moronic
1917, Ricarda Huch, Der Fall Deruga [The Deruga Case]:Dieser Verzielli also kam Mitte November am späten Abend in voller Aufregung zu mir gelaufen und erzählte mir, der italienische Konsul, Cavaliere Faramengo, ein guter alter Herr, aber etwas schwachsinnig, sei bei ihm gewesen […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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