pingelig
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ripuarian Central Franconian pengelig, pingelig and Low Franconian, in Ripuarian derived from Peng, Ping (“pain”), originally in the sense of German wehleidig (“over-sensitive, whiny”). Formally a doublet of standard peinlich (“hurtful; embarrassing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpɪŋəlɪç/ (standard)
Audio: (file) - IPA(key): /ˈpɪŋəlɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: pin‧ge‧lig
Adjective
[edit]pingelig (strong nominative masculine singular pingeliger, comparative pingeliger, superlative am pingeligsten)
- (formerly regional, now almost general at least in Germany, mildly informal) finical; finicky; fussy; picky; nitpick; fastidious
Declension
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Comparative forms of pingelig
Superlative forms of pingelig
Derived terms
[edit]- Pingel (very probably a backformation)
- Pingeligkeit