abartig

German

Etymology

From Abart +‎ -ig or ab- +‎ -artig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈapaʁtɪç/ (Germany)
  • IPA(key): /ˈapaʁtɪk/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: ab‧ar‧tig

Adjective

abartig (strong nominative masculine singular abartiger, comparative abartiger, superlative am abartigsten)

  1. (derogatory) deviant, abnormal
    1. (often specifically) sexually deviant

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Adverb

abartig

  1. (colloquial) insanely, as fuck; a strong intensifier
    Das ist echt abartig geil!This is awesome as fuck!
    • 1999 March 5, Uwe Kretschmer, “Spiritual Black Dimensions”, in de.alt.music.metal[1] (Usenet):
      Echt??? Also ich habe die Scheibe schon über 20x runtergehört und finde sie immer noch abartig geil!
      Really??? Well I've listened to the album all the way through 20 times already and I still think it's awesome as fuck.
    • 2016, E. Sawyer, Kalktown Stories, →ISBN:
      Und es dauerte nicht lange, bis Brad den ersten Joint in der Hand hielt, um sich genüsslich das Hirn zu vernebeln. Das Zeug war so abartig stark, dass Brad schon nach wenigen Zügen Herzrasen bekam und voller Muskelzuckungen in der Ecke kauerte.
      Ant it didn't take long for Brad to get his hands on his first joint to relish in getting nice and toasted. This stuff was so insanely strong that Brad's heart was racing after just a few drags, and he cowered in a corner, muscles spasming.

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