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windig
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German windic, equivalent to Wind + -ig. Compare English windy.
Pronunciation
Adjective
windig (strong nominative masculine singular windiger, comparative windiger, superlative am windigsten)
- windy
- Antonym: windstill
- (figurative, informal, of a person or undertaking) dodgy; dubious
- Synonym: zweifelhaft
- 2021 December 29, Lisa Nienhaus et al., “Krypto-Game over”, in Die Zeit:
- Der Baby Doge hat wie einige der windigeren Kryptowährungen ein Feature: Wer drinbleibt, verdient am Drinbleiben.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of windig
Comparative forms of windig
Superlative forms of windig
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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *windigaz (“windy”), equivalent to wind + -iġ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
windiġ
Declension
Declension of windiġ — Strong
Declension of windiġ — Weak
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “windig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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