fragwürdig

German

Etymology

From fragen (to ask) + -würdig (-worthy), commonly associated with August Wilhelm Schlegel's translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʁaːkˌvʏʁdɪç/ (standard)
  • (file)
    • IPA(key): /-ˌvʏʁdɪk/ (common in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
  • (file)
    • IPA(key): /ˈfʁaːx-/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
  • Hyphenation: frag‧wür‧dig

Adjective

fragwürdig (strong nominative masculine singular fragwürdiger, comparative fragwürdiger, superlative am fragwürdigsten)

  1. questionable (inviting doubt or inquiry)
    • 1798, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Hamlet, translation of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, [Act I, scene iv]:
      Du kommst in so fragwürdiger Gestalt, / Ich rede doch mit dir.
      Thou comest in such a questionable shape / That I will speak to thee.

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