zweideutig
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]zwei (“two”) + deuten (“to interpret”, verb) + -ig (adjectival suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌdɔɪ̯tɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-ˌdɔɪ̯tɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: zwei‧deu‧tig
Adjective
[edit]zweideutig (strong nominative masculine singular zweideutiger, not comparable) (of a word or phrase)
- (literally) having two possible interpretations; ambiguous
- (specifically, informal) having a sexual secondary meaning; being a double entendre or innuendo
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of zweideutig (uncomparable)
Further reading
[edit]- “zweideutig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “zweideutig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon