rechthaberisch
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Rechthaber + -isch
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]rechthaberisch (strong nominative masculine singular rechthaberischer, comparative rechthaberischer, superlative am rechthaberischsten)
- tending to consider himself right when disagreeing with other people; opinionated, bossy, dogmatic (of a person)
- Synonym: besserwisserisch
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of rechthaberisch
Comparative forms of rechthaberisch
Superlative forms of rechthaberisch
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Swedish: rättshaverist (calque)
Further reading
[edit]- “rechthaberisch” in Duden online
- “rechthaberisch”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “rechthaberisch”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “rechthaberisch” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “rechthaberisch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon