feig

See also: Feig

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /faɪ̯k/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /faɪ̯ç/ (northern and central Germany; but rare since feige is preferred)
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Adjective

feig (strong nominative masculine singular feiger, comparative feiger, superlative am feigsten)

  1. (colloquial, poetic) Alternative form of feige

Declension

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Further reading
  • “feig” in Duden online
  • “feig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse feigr, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. Cognates include Icelandic and Faroese feigur, Swedish feg, Danish fej, German feige, Dutch veeg and English fey.

Adjective

feig (neuter feigt, definite singular and plural feige, comparative feigare, indefinite superlative feigast, definite superlative feigaste)

  1. cowardly, not brave
    Synonyms: pinglete, pysete
  2. (archaic or poetic) fey; doomed, about to die
  3. (archaic or poetic) fey; dying

Derived terms

References
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