German edit

Etymology edit

Riss +‎ -ig, since the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɪsɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɪsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: ris‧sig

Adjective edit

rissig (strong nominative masculine singular rissiger, comparative rissiger, superlative am rissigsten)

  1. cracked (having cracks)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “rissig”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading edit

  • rissig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • rissig” in Duden online
  • rissig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon