stiefmütterlich
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Stiefmutter (“stepmother”) + -lich (“-ly”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]stiefmütterlich (strong nominative masculine singular stiefmütterlicher, comparative stiefmütterlicher, superlative am stiefmütterlichsten)
- stepmotherly, neglected, unloved, shabby (treatment of a person, etc.), novercal (rare)
Declension
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Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “stiefmütterlich” in Duden online
- “stiefmütterlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache