knifflig

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German

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Etymology

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Kniff +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈknɪflɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈknɪflɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: kniff‧lig

Adjective

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knifflig (strong nominative masculine singular kniffliger, comparative kniffliger, superlative am kniffligsten)

  1. tricky, fiddly

Declension

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Further reading

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  • knifflig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • knifflig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon