verdächtig

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German verdæhtic, ferdæhtic, equivalent to Verdacht +‎ -ig. Cognate with Middle Low German vördachtich, vördechtich, German Low German verdächtig. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈdɛçtɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈdɛçtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Hyphenation: ver‧däch‧tig === Adjective === verdächtig (strong nominative masculine singular verdächtiger, not comparable) suspicious, suspect ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “verdächtig” in Duden online “verdächtig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)