German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Stachel +‎ -ig; cognate with Hunsrik stachlich

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtaxəlɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtaxəlɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: sta‧che‧lig

Adjective edit

stachelig (strong nominative masculine singular stacheliger, comparative stacheliger, superlative am stacheligsten)

  1. spiny, thorny, prickly

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • stachelig” in Duden online
  • stachelig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache