deftig

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Perhaps borrowed from Middle Low German [Term?]. Equivalent to deft +‎ -ig. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *daftī (fitting, suitable).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛf.təx/
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  • Hyphenation: def‧tig

Adjective

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deftig (comparative deftiger, superlative deftigst)

  1. proper, decent
  2. stylish, distinguished, genteel (showing high social class)
  3. pompous

Declension

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Declension of deftig
uninflected deftig
inflected deftige
comparative deftiger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial deftig deftiger het deftigst
het deftigste
indefinite m./f. sing. deftige deftigere deftigste
n. sing. deftig deftiger deftigste
plural deftige deftigere deftigste
definite deftige deftigere deftigste
partitive deftigs deftigers

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Papiamentu: dèftu

German

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Etymology

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Via German Low German from Dutch deftig, itself seemingly from West Frisian. The original sense of the Dutch word is not quite clear but would have run on the lines of “suitable, solid, weighty”. The further semantic development has been such that the word now, arguably, has opposite senses in German (“coarse, rustic”) and Dutch (“refined, genteel”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛftɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛftɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: def‧tig

Adjective

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deftig (strong nominative masculine singular deftiger, comparative deftiger, superlative am deftigsten)

  1. firm, rough, coarse (most often of speech or behaviour)
  2. (food) substantial, hearty, rustic
  3. (dated or regional) solid, presentable

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • deftig” in Duden online
  • deftig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache