herzig

Herz +‎ -ig

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛʁtsɪç] (standard)
• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛʁtsɪk], /ˈhɛɐ̯tsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)

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• Hyphenation: her‧zig

herzig (strong nominative masculine singular herziger, comparative herziger, superlative am herzigsten)

1. (Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland) sweet (having a pleasing disposition); cute

   Synonyms: entzückend, niedlich, reizend, süß

   • 1888, Frances Hodgson Burnett, translated by Emmy Becher, Der kleine Lord‎, Engelhorn, translation of Litte Lord Fauntleroy:

     […] dann hatte er so ein liebes, reines Gemüt und war so ein herziger kleiner Mensch, daß jedermann Freude an ihm haben mußte […]

     […] in the second place, he had so sweet a temper and ways so charming that he was a pleasure to every one […]

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• “herzig” in Duden online
• “herzig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “herzig” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.