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trashig

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German

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Etymology

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Trash +‎ -ig. Partial calque of English trashy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛʃɪç/, /ˈtɹɛʃɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛʃɪk/, /ˈtɹɛʃɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: tra‧shig

Adjective

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trashig (strong nominative masculine singular trashiger, comparative trashiger, superlative am trashigsten)

  1. (informal, chiefly of cultural products) trashy; unsophisticated; cheap or cheap-looking

Declension

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Further reading

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  • trashig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • trashig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Swedish

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Etymology

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From English trash +‎ -ig (-y). Partial calque of English trashy.

Adjective

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trashig (not comparable)

  1. (slang) trashy (cheap, tasteless)

Declension

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Inflection of trashig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular trashig
neuter singular trashigt
plural trashiga
masculine plural2 trashige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 trashige
all trashiga

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.