Feigling

German

Etymology

feig (“yellow, cowardly”) +‎ -ling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ̯klɪŋ/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ̯çlɪŋ/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)

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• Hyphenation: Feig‧ling

Noun

Feigling m (strong, genitive Feiglings, plural Feiglinge)

1. coward, chicken

Declension

Declension of Feigling [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Feigling	die	Feiglinge
genitive	eines	des	Feiglings	der	Feiglinge
dative	einem	dem	Feigling	den	Feiglingen
accusative	einen	den	Feigling	die	Feiglinge

Further reading

• “Feigling” in Duden online
• “Feigling” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Feigling” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑɪ̯ʑliŋ/

Noun

Feigling m (plural Feiglinger)

1. coward