German edit

Etymology edit

From spitz +‎ -ig. Compare Hunsrik spitzich.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪt͡sɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪt͡sɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: spit‧zig

Adjective edit

spitzig (strong nominative masculine singular spitziger, comparative spitziger, superlative am spitzigsten)

  1. (chiefly archaic) Synonym of spitz (pointed)

Usage notes edit

  • More frequent than spitz until the mid-18th century. Usual until the mid-20th century. Now hardly in active use, except rarely to express a weakened degree (“somewhat pointy”).

Declension edit

Further reading edit

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