kitschig

kitschig

German

Etymology

    From Kitsch +‎ -ig.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈkɪtʃɪç] (standard)
    • IPA(key): [ˈkɪtʃɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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    • Hyphenation: kit‧schig

    Adjective

    kitschig (strong nominative masculine singular kitschiger, comparative kitschiger, superlative am kitschigsten)

    1. kitschy, corny, tacky

    Declension

    Further reading

    Swedish

    Etymology

    From kitsch +‎ -ig.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkɪtˌɧɪ(ɡ)/

    Adjective

    kitschig (comparative kitschigare, superlative kitschigast)

    1. kitschy
      Den där trädgårdstomten är väldigt kitschig.
      That garden gnome is very kitschy.

    Declension

    Inflection of kitschig
    Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
    common singular kitschig kitschigare kitschigast
    neuter singular kitschigt kitschigare kitschigast
    plural kitschiga kitschigare kitschigast
    masculine plural2 kitschige kitschigare kitschigast
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 kitschige kitschigare kitschigaste
    all kitschiga kitschigare kitschigaste

    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.

    References

    • kitschig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)