Polyglot Dictionary

honorig

/hoˈnoːʁɪç/

adjective C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. honourable

    Built from Honor (honour) + -ig (-y).

    • Das ist ein honoriger Mann.

      That is a respectable man.

Made of

  • Honor honour
  • -ig -y

Similar words

ehrenhaft

Ehrenhaft is the more common, standard word for "honourable"; honorig is rarer and more old-fashioned.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

honorable

honorable is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "honourable."

Portuguese

honrado

honrado is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "honourable."

Practice

1 What does honorig mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches honorig?

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