hartnäckig

Meaning

  1. obstinate, stubborn
  2. (figuratively) indelible

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

zääch

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhaʁtˌnɛkɪç/
Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of hart (“hard”) + Nacken (“neck”) + -ig (adjective suffix), literally “one with a hard, inflexible neck”.

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