vinnig

From Dutch vinnig.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfənəχ/

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vinnig (attributive vinnige, comparative vinniger, superlative vinnigste)

1. quick, fast

   Synonyms: snel, spoedig

From Middle Dutch vinnich (“rotten”), from vinne (“pustule, blister”). The noun is cognate with Middle Low German vinne, German Finne. Further origin uncertain. Some consider it the same word as vin (“fin”, etymology 2 below), positing an original sense “pointed protrusion”, but this is speculative.

vinnig (comparative vinniger, superlative vinnigst)

1. unfriendly in a brusque way, mean, acrimonious

   Synonym: snibbig

2. (southern) alert, agile
3. (obsolete) sharp, severe, intense

From vin (“fin”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

vinnig (not comparable)

1. (rare) having fins

• buikvinnig

• inving, ving in