sehnig

German

Etymology

Sehne +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzeːnɪç/ (Germany)
    • Audio:(file)(Germany)
  • IPA(key): /ˈseːnɪk/ (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
  • Hyphenation: seh‧nig

Adjective

sehnig (strong nominative masculine singular sehniger, comparative sehniger, superlative am sehnigsten)

  1. (meat) sinewy; stringy (full of long fibres and hence difficult to chew)
    Synonyms: flachsig, zäh
  2. (person) wiry (thin and slender, but tough, such that one can see sinews and muscle fibres under the skin)
    Synonym: drahtig

Declension

Derived terms

  • Sehnigkeit

Further reading