schmächtig

== German == === Etymology === From schmachten (“to crave, to languish”) +‎ -ig (“-y”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃmɛçtɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /ˈʃmɛçtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Hyphenation: schmäch‧tig === Adjective === schmächtig (strong nominative masculine singular schmächtiger, comparative schmächtiger, superlative am schmächtigsten) lanky ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “schmächtig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schmächtig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon