German edit

Etymology edit

From bedürfen +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bəˈdʏʁftɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /bəˈdʏʁftɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: be‧dürft‧ig

Adjective edit

bedürftig (strong nominative masculine singular bedürftiger, comparative bedürftiger, superlative am bedürftigsten)

  1. needy, poor, indigent
  2. (higher register, with genitive) in need of
    jemandes, einer Sache bedürftig seinto be in need of someone, something

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