behäbig

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bəˈhɛːbɪç/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
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  • IPA(key): /bəˈheːbɪç/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • IPA(key): /bəˈhɛːbɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: be‧hä‧big

Adjective[edit]

behäbig (strong nominative masculine singular behäbiger, comparative behäbiger, superlative am behäbigsten)

  1. phlegmatic, cumbersome
  2. portly
  3. stolid

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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