prätentiös

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed from French prétentieux. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁɛtɛnˈt͡si̯øːs/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /pʁeː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: prä‧ten‧ti‧ös === Adjective === prätentiös (strong nominative masculine singular prätentiöser, comparative prätentiöser, superlative am prätentiösesten) (higher register) pretentious Synonym: anspruchsvoll ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “prätentiös” in Duden online “prätentiös”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)