achtkantig

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From acht (eight) +‎ Kante (edge) +‎ -ig. The adverbial use is probably a pun on Low German Achterkant (backside”, hence “buttocks).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaxtˌkantɪç/, [ˈʔaχtˌkan.tɪç], (southern also) /-tɪk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: acht‧kan‧tig

Adjective

achtkantig (strong nominative masculine singular achtkantiger, not comparable)

  1. (geometry, of a three-dimensional body) octagonal (having eight edges)
    Coordinate term: (two-dimensional figure) achtseitig

Declension

Adverb

achtkantig

  1. (colloquial, especially northern and central Germany) forcefully, with force; construed with verbs such as rausfliegen, rausschmeißen
    Synonym: (more southern) hochkant
    Als er anfing, mir mit dem Anwalt zu drohen, hab ich ihn achtkantig rausgeschmissen.
    When he started threatening me with a lawyer, I kicked him out arse over tit.

Further reading

  • achtkantig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache