aussätzig
German edit
Etymology edit
From Aussatz (“leprosy”) + -ig.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈʔaʊ̯sˌzɛtsɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔaʊ̯sˌzɛtsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: aus‧sät‧zig
Adjective edit
aussätzig (strong nominative masculine singular aussätziger, not comparable)
- (especially historical, biblical) leprous (having leprosy)
- Synonym: (now preferred in medical contexts) leprakrank
- (figurative) outcast; shunned; being a pariah
- Synonym: ausgestoßen
Declension edit
Positive forms of aussätzig (uncomparable)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “aussätzig” in Duden online