stiefmütterlich
German edit
Etymology edit
Stiefmutter (“stepmother”) + -lich (“-ly”)
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Adjective edit
stiefmütterlich (strong nominative masculine singular stiefmütterlicher, comparative stiefmütterlicher, superlative am stiefmütterlichsten)
- stepmotherly, neglected, unloved, shabby (treatment of a person, etc.), novercal (rare)
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Positive forms of stiefmütterlich
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Further reading edit
- “stiefmütterlich” in Duden online
- “stiefmütterlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache