German edit

Etymology edit

From Dialog (dialog) +‎ -fähig (able).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /diaˈloːkˌfɛːɪç/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /-ˌfeːɪç/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • IPA(key): /-ˌfɛːɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧log‧fä‧hig

Adjective edit

dialogfähig (strong nominative masculine singular dialogfähiger, comparative dialogfähiger, superlative am dialogfähigsten)

  1. able to communicate
    • 2014, Der Spiegel[1], number 47/2014, page 136:
      Die Kommunikationsführung von Bayreuth ist unterirdisch: hoheitlich, kalt und nicht dialogfähig.
      The communication management of the Bayreuth Festival is abysmal: authoritarian, cold and unable to communicate.

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