tantig

German

Etymology

Tante + -ig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtantɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtantɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • Hyphenation: tan‧tig

Adjective

tantig (strong nominative masculine singular tantiger, comparative tantiger, superlative am tantigsten)

  1. typical of aunts
    • 1999, Max Goldt, Okay Mutter, ich nehme die Mittagsmaschine – Beste Kolumnen, Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, →ISBN, page 79:
      Nichts drucken Zeitungen lieber und häufiger als tantige Artikel über die vermeintliche Uneffizienz der Bahn.
      Nothing newspapers love to print more than aunty articles about the imagined inefficiency of the Bahn.
    • 2005, Aslı Sevindim, Candlelight Döner. Geschichten über meine deutsch-türkische Familie, Berlin: Ullstein, →ISBN, page 156:
      Immer wieder zupften ein paar furchtbar tantige Tanten an mir herum und säuselten etwas über meine unschuldige Schönheit.
      Without cease some terribly aunty aunts picked at me and purred something about my blameless beauty.

Declension

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

Swedish

Etymology

tant + -ig (-y)

Adjective

tantig (comparative tantigare, superlative tantigast)

  1. (often derogatory) like or typical of a (stereo)typical middle-aged or older lady, old-fashioned, frumpy, "aunty"
    tantig frisyr
    "mom haircut"

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

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