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feige

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German

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Alternative forms

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  • feig (colloquial or poetic)

Etymology

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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

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Adjective

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

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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feige

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

Further reading

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  • feige” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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feige

  1. definite singular of feig
  2. plural of feig

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to appear cowardly

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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feige

  1. definite singular of feig
  2. plural of feig

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to appear cowardly