mächtig
See also: machtig
German
Etymology
From Middle High German mehtic (mehtec), from Old High German mahtīg, mahtīc, from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg. Equivalent to Macht + -ig. Compare Dutch machtig, English mighty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛçtɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛçtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mäch‧tig
Adjective
mächtig (strong nominative masculine singular mächtiger, comparative mächtiger, superlative am mächtigsten)
- powerful, mighty
- Ist Deutschland ein mächtiges Land?
- Is Germany a powerful country?
- (higher register, + genitive) capable of, having command of
- Er ist dieser Sprache nicht mächtig.
- He has no command of this language.
- (colloquial) intense
- Er bekam einen mächtigen Wutanfall.
- He got into an intense rage.
- (regional, including western Germany) very filling, heavy (of food)
- Die Sahnetorte war mir zu mächtig.
- The cream cake was too filling for my taste.
Declension
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Derived terms
- allmächtig
- bemächtigen
- eigenmächtig
- ermächtigen
- Mächtigkeit f
- ohnmächtig
- übermächtig
- waffenmächtig
- wundermächtig
- zaubermächtig
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