durchlauchtig

German

Durchlaucht (“serenity”) +‎ -ig (“y”)

IPA^(key): /dʊɐ̯xˈlaʊ̯xtɪç/ (standard)
IPA^(key): /dʊɐ̯xˈlaʊ̯xtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Hyphenation: durch‧lauch‧tig

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durchlauchtig (comparative durchlauchtiger, superlative am durchlauchtigsten)

(archaic) serene, illustrious (addressing a prince or other dignitary)
- 1789, Gottfried August Bürger, Der Bauer‎^[1]:
  An seinen Durchlauchtigen Tyrannen.¶ Wer bist du, Fürst, daß ohne Scheu / Zerrollen mich dein Wagenrad, / Zerschlagen darf dein Roß?
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