dornig

German

Etymology

From Middle High German dornic, dornec, from Old High German *dornig, *dornag, from Proto-West Germanic *þornag. Equivalent to Dorn + -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔʁnɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔʁnɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: dor‧nig

Adjective

dornig (strong nominative masculine singular dorniger, comparative dorniger, superlative am dornigsten)

  1. thorny

Declension

Further reading

  • dornig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dornig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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