zwittrig

German

Etymology

Zwitter +‎ -ig

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sʋɪtʁɪç] (standard)
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sʋɪtʁɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: zwitt‧rig

Adjective

zwittrig (strong nominative masculine singular zwittriger, comparative zwittriger, superlative am zwittrigsten)

  1. hermaphroditic
  2. (figurative) having two apparently incompatible properties

Declension

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Further reading
  • “zwittrig” in Duden online
  • “zwittrig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “zwittrig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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