netelig

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch netel (“malicious, angry”), from Old Dutch *nitul, from Proto-West Germanic *hnitul, from Proto-Germanic *hnitulaz +‎ -ig. Often superficially interpreted as deriving from netel (“nettle”), which may however be completely unrelated etymologically. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈneː.tə.ləx/ === Adjective === netelig (comparative neteliger, superlative neteligst) tricky, nettlesome een netelige kwestie ― a tricky issue ==== Declension ==== === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “netelig”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute