schmählich

German

Etymology

From Middle High German smæhelich, smāhelich, smāhlich, smēlich, from Old High German smāhlīh, from Proto-West Germanic *smāhalīk, *smāhīlīk, equivalent to schmähen +‎ -lich.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃmɛːlɪç/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
IPA^(key): /ˈʃmeː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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Hyphenation: schmäh‧lich

Adjective

schmählich (strong nominative masculine singular schmählicher, comparative schmählicher, superlative am schmählichsten)

shameful, ignominious, dishonorable

Declension

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References

“schmählich” in Duden online
“schmählich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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