anmutig

German

Etymology

Anmut +‎ -ig

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔanmuːtɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔanmuːtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
  • Hyphenation: an‧mu‧tig

Adjective

anmutig (strong nominative masculine singular anmutiger, comparative anmutiger, superlative am anmutigsten)

  1. graceful, elegant
    • 2010, Rettet den Regenwald e.V., Regenwald Report 3/10:
      Sie sind nicht anmutig wie Tiger, nicht putzig wie Pandas, auch nicht mit Menschen verwandt wie Orang-Utans: Fledertiere […] haben keine Lobby.
      They aren’t elegant like tigers, or cute like pandas, nor are they related to humans like orangutans: bats do not have a lobby.

Declension

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Further reading
  • “anmutig” in Duden online
  • “anmutig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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