adjective
stressful
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Stressig means 'stressful'—describing situations, days, or experiences that cause stress. It's a gradable adjective (stressiger, am stressigsten) with antonym ruhig. Not reflexive, no special preposition. Use like 'ein stressiger Tag'. It functions as regular adjective. Common in spoken and written German.
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Der Umzug war sehr stressig, aber jetzt ist alles eingerichtet.
The move was very stressful, but now everything is set up.
Der Tag war sehr stressig, weil mehrere Termine gleichzeitig geplant wurden.
The day was very stressful because several appointments were scheduled at the same time.
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Imagine a chaotic calendar full of red marks labeled 'stressig'.
Sounds like 'stress-ig' — 'ig' like '-y' in English: stress-y = stressful.