kitschig

German

Etymology

From Kitsch +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪtʃɪç] (standard)
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪtʃɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: kit‧schig

Adjective

kitschig (strong nominative masculine singular kitschiger, comparative kitschiger, superlative am kitschigsten)

  1. kitschy, corny, tacky

Declension

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From kitsch +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪtˌɧɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

kitschig (comparative kitschigare, superlative kitschigast)

  1. kitschy
    Den där trädgårdstomten är väldigt kitschig.
    That garden gnome is very kitschy.

Declension

Inflection of kitschig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular kitschig kitschigare kitschigast
neuter singular kitschigt kitschigare kitschigast
plural kitschiga kitschigare kitschigast
masculine plural2 kitschige kitschigare kitschigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 kitschige kitschigare kitschigaste
all kitschiga kitschigare kitschigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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