ärgerlich

German

Etymology

ärgern +‎ -lich

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛʁɡɐlɪç/, [ˈɛʁɡɐlɪç], [ˈɛɐ̯ɡɐlɪç]
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Adjective

ärgerlich (strong nominative masculine singular ärgerlicher, comparative ärgerlicher, superlative am ärgerlichsten)

  1. (of things, events) annoying (causing annoyance)
    Synonym: unerfreulich
    Der unerwartete Kurseinbruch war sehr ärgerlich für die Anleger.
    The unexpected decline in share prices was very annoying for investors.
    Der Verfall der Infrastruktur führt zu ärgerlichen Stromausfällen.
    The degeneration of the infrastructure causes annoying outages.
  2. (of persons, chiefly predicative) annoyed (feeling annoyance)
    Synonyms: verärgert, sauer
    Die Kundin wurde sehr ärgerlich, als sie den Betrugsversuch bemerkte.
    The client became very annoyed when she detected the attempted deceit.

Declension

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Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ergerlig

Adverb

ärgerlich

  1. crossly, angrily

Further reading
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