schwammig

German

Etymology

Schwamm +‎ -ig

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvamɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvamɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: schwam‧mig

Adjective

schwammig (strong nominative masculine singular schwammiger, comparative schwammiger, superlative am schwammigsten)

  1. pulpy, spongy
    • 1915, Max Dauthendey, Geschichten aus den vier Winden:
      Ich hatte in meinem Leben vorher nie etwas Widerlicheres gesehen, als diesen mageren, bebrillten, greisenhaften, kichernden Mann und seine schwammige, übel aufgeputzte Frau.
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  2. (figuratively) imprecise
    Das ist ein schwammiger Begriff.
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Declension

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