Polyglot Dictionary

dornig

/ˈdɔʁnɪç/

adjective B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. thorny

    Built from Dorn (thorn) + -ig (-y).

    • Der Weg ist dornig.

      The path is thorny.

Made of

  • Dorn thorn
  • -ig -y

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English

difficult

Close, figuratively — thorny (a thorny issue) relates to difficult.

Practice

1 What does dornig mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Weg ist ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches dornig?

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