widerwärtig
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German widerwertic, from Old High German widerwart, equivalent to wider (“against”) + -wärtig (adjective suffix denoting position).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈviːdɐˌvɛʁtɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈviːdɐˌvɛʁtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: wi‧der‧wär‧tig
Adjective
editwiderwärtig (strong nominative masculine singular widerwärtiger, comparative widerwärtiger, superlative am widerwärtigsten)
Declension
editPositive forms of widerwärtig
Comparative forms of widerwärtig
Superlative forms of widerwärtig
Adverb
editwiderwärtig
- distastefully
- abominably
- Der Weise antwortete: Du hast dich in der menschlichen Gesellschaft widerwärtig benommen. ― The priest answered: You have behaved abominably in this human society.
- repulsively
Further reading
edit- “widerwärtig” in Duden online
- “widerwärtig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (2002) “widerwärtig”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN