feinmaschig

German

Etymology

fein +‎ Masche +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ̯nˌmaʃɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /-ˌmaʃɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: fein‧ma‧schig

Adjective

feinmaschig (strong nominative masculine singular feinmaschiger, comparative feinmaschiger, superlative am feinmaschigsten)

  1. narrow-meshed, tightly-woven
    Antonym: grobmaschig

Declension

Further reading

  • feinmaschig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • feinmaschig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon