zwittrig

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German

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Etymology

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Zwitter +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sʋɪtʁɪç] (standard)
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sʋɪtʁɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: zwitt‧rig

Adjective

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zwittrig (strong nominative masculine singular zwittriger, comparative zwittriger, superlative am zwittrigsten)

  1. hermaphroditic
  2. (figurative) having two apparently incompatible properties

Declension

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Further reading

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  • zwittrig” in Duden online
  • zwittrig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • zwittrig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon