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finnig
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Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German vinnic, related to Middle Low German vinnich (“covered in pimples, spoiled, rancid, smelly”), German finnig.
Adjective
finnig (comparative finnigor, superlative dar finnigorste)
Declension
Positive forms of finnig
Comparative forms of finnig
Superlative forms of finnig
References
- “finnig” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German vinnic (“spotty, contaminated, infested”), equivalent to Finne (“larva, pimple”) + -ig. Related to Middle Low German vinnich (“covered in pimples, spoiled, rancid, smelly”), Middle Dutch vinnich. Compare also Middle High German finneht (“contaminated”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
finnig (strong nominative masculine singular finniger, comparative finniger, superlative am finnigsten)
- pimply
- Synonym: pickelig
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 240:
- Bei sechster Gelegenheit, als er ahnte, spürte, die innere Kunde gewann, daß sie herüberblickte, tat er, als betrachte er mit eindringlichem Mißfallen eine finnige Dame, die an seinen Tisch getreten war, um mit der Großtante zu plaudern, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- maggoty; filled with larvae
Declension
Positive forms of finnig
Comparative forms of finnig
Superlative forms of finnig
Further reading
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Swedish
Etymology
Adjective
finnig (comparative finnigare, superlative finnigast)
Declension
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
References
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