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German
Etymology
From Tollpatsch (“clumsy person”) (from Hungarian talpas) + -ig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard)
- IPA(key): (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: toll‧pat‧schig
Adjective
tollpatschig (strong nominative masculine singular tollpatschiger, comparative tollpatschiger, superlative am tollpatschigsten)
- clumsy
- Synonyms: ungeschickt, unbeholfen, trampelig
- Antonyms: geschickt, gewandt, gekonnt, fingerfertig
Usage notes
- The spelling tollpatschig has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In the affected areas, the previous spelling (tolpatschig) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.
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