untertänig
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [ˈʊntɐˌtɛːnɪç] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
audio (file) - IPA(key): [ˈʊntɐˌteːnɪç] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- IPA(key): [ˈʊntɐˌtɛːnɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
audio (file) - Hyphenation: un‧ter‧tä‧nig
Adjective edit
untertänig (strong nominative masculine singular untertäniger, comparative untertäniger, superlative am untertänigsten)
- subservient, submissive
- Synonyms: unterwürfig, ergeben, devot
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Further reading edit
- “untertänig” in Duden online
- “untertänig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache