tatterig

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German

Etymology

tattern +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: tat‧te‧rig
  • Homophone: Tatterich

Adjective

tatterig (strong nominative masculine singular tatteriger, comparative tatteriger, superlative am tatterigsten)

  1. (colloquial, of the fingers or whole body) shaky, trembly
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, of old people) doddery, doddering

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