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)

  1. 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Bettlägrigkeit
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