bedürftig

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bedürfen +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bəˈdʏʁftɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /bəˈdʏʁftɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: be‧dürft‧ig

Adjective[edit]

bedürftig (strong nominative masculine singular bedürftiger, comparative bedürftiger, superlative am bedürftigsten)

  1. needy, poor, indigent
  2. (higher register, with genitive) in need of
    jemandes, einer Sache bedürftig seinto be in need of someone, something

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