wollig

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Dutch

Etymology

From wol +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɔ.ləx/
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  • Hyphenation: wol‧lig
  • Rhymes: -ɔləx

Adjective

wollig (comparative wolliger, superlative wolligst)

  1. (speech) vague, evasive
  2. woolly, covered with wool

Declension

Declension of wollig
uninflected wollig
inflected wollige
comparative wolliger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial wollig wolliger het wolligst
het wolligste
indefinite m./f. sing. wollige wolligere wolligste
n. sing. wollig wolliger wolligste
plural wollige wolligere wolligste
definite wollige wolligere wolligste
partitive wolligs wolligers

Derived terms

German

Etymology

Wolle +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

Adjective

wollig (strong nominative masculine singular wolliger, comparative wolliger, superlative am wolligsten)

  1. woolen, woolly
    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Die lustig und hastig hüpfen, / Wie wollige Lämmerherden, / Die abends der singende Hirtenjunge / Nach Hause treibt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Further reading

  • wollig” in Duden online
  • wollig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache