abtrünnig

German

Etymology

From Middle High German abetrünncc, Old High German abatrunnīg.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔapˌtʁʏnɪç/
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Adjective

abtrünnig (strong nominative masculine singular abtrünniger, not comparable)

  1. renegade, breakaway
    das abtrünnige Gebietthe breakaway territory
    die abtrünnige Regionthe breakaway region

Declension

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), abtrünnig”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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