hartnäckig

German

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of hart (hard) + Nacken (neck) + -ig (adjective suffix), literally one with a hard, inflexible neck.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaʁtˌnɛkɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /-ˌnɛkɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: hart‧nä‧ckig

Adjective

hartnäckig (strong nominative masculine singular hartnäckiger, comparative hartnäckiger, superlative am hartnäckigsten)

  1. obstinate, stubborn
  2. (figurative) indelible

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