feige

See also: Feige

German

Alternative forms

  • feig (colloquial or poetic)

Etymology

From Middle High German veige, from Old High German feigi (appointed for death, ungodly), from Proto-West Germanic *faigī (cowardly, wicked, fey, doomed to die). Cognate with Dutch veeg (dying, doomed, perilous, cowardly), English fey (doomed to die).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ̯ɡə/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: Feige

Adjective

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

  1. cowardly, yellow
    Synonyms: ängstlich, hasenfüßig
    Antonym: mutig

Declension

Derived terms

Adverb

feige

  1. cowardly
    Er hat sich feige vor der Auseinandersetzung gedrückt.
    He′s cowardly chickened out of the argument.

Further reading

  • feige” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

feige

  1. definite singular of feig
  2. plural of feig

Verb

feige (present tense feiger, past tense feiga or feiget, past participle feiga or feiget)

  1. (intransitive) to appear cowardly

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

feige

  1. definite singular of feig
  2. plural of feig

Verb

feige (present tense feigar, past tense feiga, past participle feiga, passive infinitive feigast, present participle feigande, imperative feige/feig)

  1. (intransitive) to appear cowardly
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