schmählich
German
Etymology
From Middle High German smæhelich, smāhelich, smāhlich, smēlich, from Old High German smāhlīh, from Proto-West Germanic *smāhalīk, *smāhīlīk, equivalent to schmähen + -lich.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmɛːlɪç/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmeː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: schmäh‧lich
Adjective
schmählich (strong nominative masculine singular schmählicher, comparative schmählicher, superlative am schmählichsten)
Declension
Positive forms of schmählich
Comparative forms of schmählich
Superlative forms of schmählich
References
- “schmählich” in Duden online
- “schmählich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache