tollpatschig
German
editAlternative forms
edit- tolpatschig (pre-1996)
Etymology
editFrom Tollpatsch (“clumsy person”) (from Hungarian talpas) + -ig.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): [ˈtɔlpatʃɪç] (standard)
- IPA(key): [ˈtɔlpatʃɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: toll‧pat‧schig
Adjective
edittollpatschig (strong nominative masculine singular tollpatschiger, comparative tollpatschiger, superlative am tollpatschigsten)
- clumsy
- Synonyms: ungeschickt, unbeholfen, trampelig
- Antonyms: geschickt, gewandt, gekonnt, fingerfertig
Usage notes
edit- The spelling tollpatschig has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In the affected areas, the previous spelling (tolpatschig) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.
Declension
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Further reading
edit- “tollpatschig” in Duden online
- “tollpatschig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache