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happig
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Bavarian
Etymology
Originally, "greedy, excessive, difficult to swallow", 18th-century creation apparently from happ, imitative of the sound of snapping. Possibly borrowed from German Low German; compare Low German happen, happen (“to snap, to devour”). Compare German happig.
Pronunciation
Adjective
happig (comparative happiger, superlative happigstn)
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German
Etymology
Originally, "greedy, excessive, difficult to swallow", 18th-century creation apparently from happ, imitative of the sound of snapping. Possibly borrowed from German Low German; compare Low German happen, happen (“to snap, to devour”). Related to German Happen (“bite-sized piece, bite”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
happig (strong nominative masculine singular happiger, comparative happiger, superlative am happigsten)
Declension
Positive forms of happig
Comparative forms of happig
Superlative forms of happig
Further reading
- “happig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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