tüchtig

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German tühtec, from Old High German *tuhtig, from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg. Cognate with Dutch duchtig (“considerable, large, sturdy, powerful”), English doughty, Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtʏç.tɪç] === Adjective === tüchtig (strong nominative masculine singular tüchtiger, comparative tüchtiger, superlative am tüchtigsten) able, competent, hard-working (of a worker, etc.) (colloquial) big, significant, proper (dated) good, well-done, well-made ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== taugen Tugend Unducht === Further reading === “tüchtig” in Duden online “tüchtig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)