feige

See also: Feige

German

Alternative forms

  • feig (colloquial or poetic)

Etymology

From Old High German feigi (appointed for death, ungodly), from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (cowardly, wicked, fey, doomed to die), from Proto-Indo-European *pAik-, *pAig- (ill-meaning, bad). Cognate with Dutch veeg (dying, doomed, perilous, cowardly), English fey (doomed to die).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

feige (comparative feiger, superlative am feigsten)

  1. cowardly, yellow
    Die feigen Soldaten wurden ausgepeitscht
    The cowardly soldiers were flogged

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Adverb

feige

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