feurig

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German

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Etymology

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Feuer (fire) +‎ -ig (-y)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔɪ̯ʁɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔɪ̯ʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: feu‧rig

Adjective

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feurig (strong nominative masculine singular feuriger, comparative feuriger, superlative am feurigsten)

  1. fiery
    • 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten[1] (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
      Und das feurige Schwert in der Hand des Cherubs flammte auf.
      And the fiery sword in the cherub's hand flamed up.

Declension

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Further reading

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