tantig

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German

Etymology

Tante +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtantɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtantɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • Hyphenation: tan‧tig
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Adjective

tantig (strong nominative masculine singular tantiger, comparative tantiger, superlative am tantigsten)

  1. typical of aunts
    • 1999, Max Goldt, Okay Mutter, ich nehme die Mittagsmaschine – Beste Kolumnen, Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, →ISBN, page 79:
      Nichts drucken Zeitungen lieber und häufiger als tantige Artikel über die vermeintliche Uneffizienz der Bahn.
      Nothing newspapers love to print more than aunty articles about the imagined inefficiency of the Bahn.
    • 2005, Aslı Sevindim, Candlelight Döner. Geschichten über meine deutsch-türkische Familie, Berlin: Ullstein, →ISBN, page 156:
      Immer wieder zupften ein paar furchtbar tantige Tanten an mir herum und säuselten etwas über meine unschuldige Schönheit.
      Without cease some terribly aunty aunts picked at me and purred something about my blameless beauty.

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

tant +‎ -ig (-y)

Adjective

tantig (comparative tantigare, superlative tantigast)

  1. (often derogatory) like or typical of a (stereo)typical middle-aged or older lady, old-fashioned, frumpy, "aunty"
    tantig frisyr
    "mom haircut"

Declension

Inflection of tantig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tantig tantigare tantigast
neuter singular tantigt tantigare tantigast
plural tantiga tantigare tantigast
masculine plural2 tantige tantigare tantigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tantige tantigare tantigaste
all tantiga tantigare tantigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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