spitzig
German
Etymology
From spitz + -ig. Compare Hunsrik spitzich.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪt͡sɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪt͡sɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: spit‧zig
Adjective
spitzig (strong nominative masculine singular spitziger, comparative spitziger, superlative am spitzigsten)
- (chiefly archaic) synonym of spitz (“pointed”)
Usage notes
- More frequent than spitz until the mid-18th century. Usual until the mid-20th century. Now hardly in active use, except rarely to express a weakened degree (“somewhat pointy”).
Declension
Positive forms of spitzig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist spitzig | sie ist spitzig | es ist spitzig | sie sind spitzig | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | spitziger | spitzige | spitziges | spitzige |
| genitive | spitzigen | spitziger | spitzigen | spitziger | |
| dative | spitzigem | spitziger | spitzigem | spitzigen | |
| accusative | spitzigen | spitzige | spitziges | spitzige | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der spitzige | die spitzige | das spitzige | die spitzigen |
| genitive | des spitzigen | der spitzigen | des spitzigen | der spitzigen | |
| dative | dem spitzigen | der spitzigen | dem spitzigen | den spitzigen | |
| accusative | den spitzigen | die spitzige | das spitzige | die spitzigen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein spitziger | eine spitzige | ein spitziges | (keine) spitzigen |
| genitive | eines spitzigen | einer spitzigen | eines spitzigen | (keiner) spitzigen | |
| dative | einem spitzigen | einer spitzigen | einem spitzigen | (keinen) spitzigen | |
| accusative | einen spitzigen | eine spitzige | ein spitziges | (keine) spitzigen | |
Comparative forms of spitzig
Superlative forms of spitzig