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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)

  1. (Sette Comuni) filthy, foul

Declension

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)

  1. 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)
  2. maggoty; filled with larvae

Declension

Further reading

  • finnig” in Duden online
  • finnig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Swedish

Etymology

finne (pimple) + -ig (-y)

Adjective

finnig (comparative finnigare, superlative finnigast)

  1. pimply
    Synonym: kvisslig
    finniga tonåringar
    pimply teens

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

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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