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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌfɛlɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌfɛlɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: schwer‧fäl‧lig
Adjective
schwerfällig (strong nominative masculine singular schwerfälliger, comparative schwerfälliger, superlative am schwerfälligsten)
- sluggish, clumsy, unwieldy
Declension
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