fleißig

See also: fleissig

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Fleiß +‎ -ig

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈflaɪ̯sɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈflaɪ̯sɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • Hyphenation: flei‧ßig
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

fleißig (strong nominative masculine singular fleißiger, comparative fleißiger, superlative am fleißigsten)

  1. diligent, hard-working, industrious, busy, assiduous, sedulous
  2. (by extension) studious

Declension

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Antonyms

Adverb

fleißig

  1. diligently, industriously, assiduously, sedulously
  2. studiously

Antonyms

Further reading
  • “fleißig” in Duden online
  • “fleißig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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