German edit

Etymology edit

tattern +‎ -ig

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtatəʁɪç] (standard)
  • IPA(key): [ˈtatəʁɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: tat‧te‧rig
  • Homophone: Tatterich

Adjective edit

tatterig (strong nominative masculine singular tatteriger, comparative tatteriger, superlative am tatterigsten)

  1. (colloquial, of the fingers or whole body) shaky, trembly
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, of old people) doddery, doddering

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