bogstavelig

Danish

Etymology

From bogstav (“letter, character, written letter”) + -lig (“-y, -ly, -like”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔkˈstæʊ̰lɪ/, /pɔkˈstæʊ̰ʊlɪ/, /pɔʊˈstæʊ̰lɪ/, /pɔʊˈstæʊ̰ʊlɪ/, /pɔkˈstæʊ̰əlɪ/, /pɔʊˈstæʊ̰əlɪ/

Adjective

bogstavelig (neuter bogstaveligt, plural and definite singular attributive bogstavelige)

  1. literal (of the written letter, word for word, as is)

Derived terms

References

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