German edit

Etymology edit

Spitze +‎ findig

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪt͡sˌfɪndɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /-ˌfɪndɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: spitz‧fin‧dig

Adjective edit

spitzfindig (strong nominative masculine singular spitzfindiger, comparative spitzfindiger, superlative am spitzfindigsten)

  1. captious, quibbling, pedantic

Declension edit

Further reading edit

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