rissig

German

Etymology

Riss +‎ -ig, since the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɪsɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɪsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: ris‧sig

Adjective

rissig (strong nominative masculine singular rissiger, comparative rissiger, superlative am rissigsten)

  1. cracked (having cracks)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “rissig”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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