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)
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  • IPA(key): /beˈdʏʁftɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • 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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