deftig

Betekenis (Engels)

1. firm, rough, coarse (most often of speech or behaviour)
2. substantial, hearty, rustic
3. (dated,regional) solid, presentable

Koppelteken as

def‧tig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdɛftɪç/

Etimologie (Engels)

Via German Low German from Dutch deftig, itself seemingly from West Frisian. The original sense of the Dutch word is not quite clear but would have run on the lines of “suitable, solid, weighty”. The further semantic development has been such that the word now, arguably, has opposite senses in German (“coarse, rustic”) and Dutch (“refined, genteel”).