stämmig

See also: -stämmig

German

Etymology

Stamm +‎ -ig, from the idea of being "built like a tree trunk". Cognate with English stemmy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛmɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛmɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: stäm‧mig

Adjective

stämmig (strong nominative masculine singular stämmiger, comparative stämmiger, superlative am stämmigsten)

  1. stocky, heavyset, burly (of a person, animal, limb; especially in combination with a shorter height or length)

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References

  • stämmig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • stämmig” in Duden online