sehnig

Meaning

  1. sinewy; stringy (full of long fibres and hence difficult to chew)
  2. (person) wiry (thin and slender, but tough, such that one can see sinews and muscle fibres under the skin)

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gääderig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzeːnɪç/
Etymology

Sehne + -ig

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