aufwendig

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

aufwenden +‎ -ig

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaʊ̯fvɛndɪç] (standard)
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  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaʊ̯fvɛndɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: auf‧wen‧dig

Adjective

aufwendig (strong nominative masculine singular aufwendiger, comparative aufwendiger, superlative am aufwendigsten)

  1. elaborate
  2. expensive, costly, lavish
  3. time-consuming
    • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 35/2010, page 18:
      In einem aufwendigen Verfahren haben Fachleute zahlreiche Statistiken und Studien zusammengeführt, um ein umfassendes Bild des lebenslangen Lernens in den europäischen Ländern zu zeichnen.
      In a laborious procedure, experts have combined numerous statistics and studies to draw a comprehensive picture of lifelong learning in the European countries.

Declension

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