zwittrig

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German

Etymology

Zwitter +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: zwitt‧rig

Adjective

zwittrig (strong nominative masculine singular zwittriger, comparative zwittriger, superlative am zwittrigsten)

  1. hermaphroditic
  2. (figurative) having two apparently incompatible properties

Declension

Further reading

  • zwittrig” in Duden online
  • zwittrig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • zwittrig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon