fragwürdig
German
Etymology
Early 19th century, from fragen (“to ask”) + -würdig (“-worthy”), a calque of English questionable, coined by August Wilhelm Schlegel in his translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʁaːkˌvʏʁdɪç/ (standard)
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /-ˌvʏʁdɪk/ (common in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈfʁaːx-/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
- Hyphenation: frag‧wür‧dig
Adjective
fragwürdig (strong nominative masculine singular fragwürdiger, comparative fragwürdiger, superlative am fragwürdigsten)
- questionable (inviting doubt or inquiry)
- a. 1810, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Hamlet, translation of original by William Shakespeare, act I, scene iv:
- Du kommst in so fragwürdiger Gestalt, / Ich rede doch mit dir.
- Thou comest in such a questionable shape / That I will speak to thee.
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Further reading
- “fragwürdig” in Duden online
- “fragwürdig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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