German

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Etymology

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Borste +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔʁstɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔʁstɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: bors‧tig

Adjective

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borstig (strong nominative masculine singular borstiger, comparative borstiger, superlative am borstigsten)

  1. bristly

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • borstig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • borstig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon