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runzelig/runzlig (adj)
   wrinkled, wrinkly, lined, wizened; rugose (biol./bot./lit./med.)

Warum werden die Finger in der Wanne runzelig?
Why do your fingers wrinkle up in the bathtub?
Wie alt ist das Universum? Alt und runzlig oder noch relativ jung?
How old is the universe? Old and wrinkled or still relatively young?
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Related:
die Stirn runzeln to frown, wrinkle one's brow/forehead
runzelig werden to wrinkle (up)
knitterig creased, crumpled; wrinkled (face)
schrumpelig wrinkly, wrinkled
zerfurcht furrowed (brow, face)

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