stämmig
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See also: -stämmig
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Stamm + -ig, from the idea of being "built like a tree trunk". Cognate with English stemmy.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛmɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛmɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: stäm‧mig
Adjective
[edit]stämmig (strong nominative masculine singular stämmiger, comparative stämmiger, superlative am stämmigsten)
- stocky, heavyset, burly (of a person, animal, limb; especially in combination with a shorter height or length)