schwindelig

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvɪndəlɪç/, [ˈʃʋɪn-] (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvindɛlik/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: schwin‧de‧lig

Adjective

schwindelig (strong nominative masculine singular schwindeliger, comparative schwindeliger, superlative am schwindeligsten)

  1. dizzy (having a sensation of turning around)

Usage notes

  • Can used with either a personal subject or an implied impersonal subject:
    Bier macht mich schwindelig.Beer makes me dizzy.
or
Von Bier wird mir schwindelig.Beer makes me dizzy.

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