prätentiös
See also: prætentiøs
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French prétentieux.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɛtɛnˈt͡si̯øːs/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /pʁeː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: prä‧ten‧ti‧ös
Adjective
prätentiös (strong nominative masculine singular prätentiöser, comparative prätentiöser, superlative am prätentiösesten)
- (higher register) pretentious
- Synonym: anspruchsvoll
Declension
Positive forms of prätentiös
Comparative forms of prätentiös
Superlative forms of prätentiös
Further reading
- “prätentiös” in Duden online
- “prätentiös” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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