bettlägrig
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛtˌlɛːɡʁɪç/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛtˌleːɡʁɪç/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛtˌlɛːɡʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Adjective
bettlägrig (strong nominative masculine singular bettlägriger, comparative bettlägriger, superlative am bettlägrigsten)
- Alternative form of bettlägerig
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 310:
- Hans Castorp also war bettlägrig seit Sonnabendnachmittag, da Hofrat Behrens, die oberste Autorität in der Welt, die uns einschließt, es so angeordnet hatte.
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Declension
Positive forms of bettlägrig
Comparative forms of bettlägrig
Superlative forms of bettlägrig
Derived terms
- Bettlägrigkeit
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