# achtkantig

achtkantig is a German adjective meaning “octagonal”.

## In other languages

- Русский: геометр. восьмигранный

## Adjective

1. _of a three-dimensional body_ octagonal (having eight edges)

## Adverb

1. _colloquial_ forcefully, with force; construed with verbs such as rausfliegen, rausschmeißen
   - Als er anfing, mir mit dem Anwalt zu drohen, hab ich ihn achtkantig rausgeschmissen. — When he started threatening me with a lawyer, I kicked him out arse over tit.

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