schwierig

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German swiric, sweric (“full of boils”), a derivative of Schwäre. Cognate to dated Dutch zwerig (“full of boils”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃviːrɪç/, [ˈʃʋiːʁɪç] (German standard) IPA(key): /ˈʃviːrik/ (Austria, Switzerland; also southern Germany) Rhymes: -iːrɪç, -iːrik === Adjective === schwierig (strong nominative masculine singular schwieriger, comparative schwieriger, superlative am schwierigsten) difficult, hard, challenging, tough Synonym: schwer (of a person) difficult, prickly ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Schwierigkeit schwären === Further reading === “schwierig” in Duden online “schwierig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)