# knifflig

knifflig is a German adjective meaning “tricky”. Forms: kniffliger, am kniffligsten.

## Forms

- Comparative: kniffliger
- Superlative: am kniffligsten

## In other languages

- Русский: замысловатый, заковыристый, щекотливый

## Meanings

1. _colloquial_ tricky, challenging (requiring careful planning, thought or calculation to overcome or handle properly)
   - Diese Frage war besonders knifflig. — This question was particularly tricky.
2. fiddly
   - Die ist ein kniffliges Rätsel.

## Examples

- Das ist eine knifflige Frage. — That's a tricky question.

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