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bedürftig

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See also: -bedürftig

German

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Etymology

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    From bedürfen +‎ -ig.

    Pronunciation

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

    Adjective

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

    1. needy, poor, indigent
    2. (higher register) in need of [with genitive ‘someone/something’]

    Declension

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    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • bedürftig” in Duden online
    • bedürftig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)