âdräötig

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German Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Saxon ā- + Old Saxon thriotan, from Proto-Germanic *þreutaną (“to harass, to weary”), Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to harass”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

âdræͦtig

  1. (Westphalian) morose, sullen, grumpy, disgruntled

References[edit]

  • Friedrich Woeste, Wörterbuch der westfälischen Mundart (Wörterbücher. Herausgegeben vom Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung. Band I) (1882, Norden & Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag), p. 2: "âdræͦtig, verdriesslich.   vgl. [...]"
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