windelweich
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Windel (“diaper”) + weich (“soft”); surface analysis being "as soft as a diaper", hence the range of meanings.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]windelweich (strong nominative masculine singular windelweicher, not comparable)
- weak, submissive
- (colloquial, related to fighting) severe
- Synonym: krankenhausreif
- jemanden windelweich prügeln/schlagen ― to beat the daylights out of someone; to beat to a pulp
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of windelweich (uncomparable)
Further reading
[edit]- “windelweich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “windelweich” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon