German edit

Etymology edit

Kante (edge) +‎ -ig

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkantɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈkantɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: kan‧tig

Adjective edit

kantig (strong nominative masculine singular kantiger, comparative kantiger, superlative am kantigsten)

  1. angular

Declension edit

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Further reading edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

kant (edge) +‎ -ig (-y)

Adjective edit

kantig (comparative kantigare, superlative kantigast)

  1. having (sharp, prominent) edges, angular
  2. (figuratively) not smooth; jerky, clumsy (of movement)
  3. (figuratively) not smooth; unpolished, unsophisticated (of manners and the like)

Declension edit

Inflection of kantig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kantig kantigare kantigast
Neuter singular kantigt kantigare kantigast
Plural kantiga kantigare kantigast
Masculine plural3 kantige kantigare kantigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 kantige kantigare kantigaste
All kantiga kantigare kantigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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