mächtig
See also: machtig
German
Etymology
From Middle High German mehtic (mehtec), from Old High German mahtīg, mahtīc, from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz. Equivalent to Macht + -ig. Compare Dutch machtig, English mighty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛçtɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛçtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mäch‧tig
Adjective
mächtig (comparative mächtiger, superlative am mächtigsten)
- (+ genitive) powerful, mighty
- Ist Deutschland ein mächtiges Land?
- Is Germany a powerful country?
- Er ist dieser Sprache nicht mächtig.
- He does not have a good command of this language.
- Ist Deutschland ein mächtiges Land?
- (colloquial) intense, intensely
- Meine Mutter war mächtig sauer.
- My mother was really mad.
- Meine Mutter war mächtig sauer.
- (regional) very filling (of food)
Usage notes
The genitive construction with mächtig is somewhat formal.
Declension
Derived terms
- allmächtig
- bemächtigen
- eigenmächtig
- ermächtigen
- Mächtigkeit f
- ohnmächtig
- übermächtig
- waffenmächtig
- wundermächtig
- zaubermächtig
Further reading
- “mächtig” in Duden online
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