schleunig
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German sliunec (“hastily”), from Old High German sliumo, sniumo (“immediately”, literally “moving quickly”), from or related to Proto-West Germanic *sniumijan (“to hurry”). The -l/n replacement seems to have been produced by assimilation on account of the suffix -n.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʃlɔɪ̯nɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃlɔɪ̯nɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: schleu‧nig
Adjective
[edit]schleunig (strong nominative masculine singular schleuniger, comparative schleuniger, superlative am schleunigsten)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of schleunig
Comparative forms of schleunig
Superlative forms of schleunig
Derived terms
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
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