schleunig

From Middle High German sliunec (“hastily”), from Old High German sliumo, sniumo (“immediately”, literally “moving quickly”), from or related to Proto-West Germanic *sniumijan (“to hurry”). The -l/n replacement seems to have been produced by assimilation on account of the suffix -n (DWDS).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlɔɪ̯nɪç/ (Germany)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlɔɪ̯nɪk/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)

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• Hyphenation: schleu‧nig

schleunig (strong nominative masculine singular schleuniger, comparative schleuniger, superlative am schleunigsten)

1. speedy, quick, rapid, prompt

• schleunigst
• beschleunigen, entschleunigen