abtrünnig

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German abetrünncc, Old High German abatrunnīg.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔapˌtʁʏnɪç/
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Adjective[edit]

abtrünnig (strong nominative masculine singular abtrünniger, not comparable)

  1. renegade, breakaway
    das abtrünnige Gebietthe breakaway territory
    die abtrünnige Regionthe breakaway region

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “abtrünnig”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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