Bavarian

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Etymology

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Originally, "greedy, excessive, difficult to swallow", 18th-century creation apparently from happ, imitative of the sound of snapping. Possibly borrowed from German Low German; compare Low German happen, happen (to snap, to devour). Compare German happig.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑb̥ːiç/, [-iɡ̥]
  • Hyphenation: hap‧pig

Adjective

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happig (comparative happiger, superlative happigstn)

  1. steep; insolently expensive
  2. (with auf + accusative) keen on, eager

German

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Etymology

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Originally, "greedy, excessive, difficult to swallow", 18th-century creation apparently from happ, imitative of the sound of snapping. Possibly borrowed from German Low German; compare Low German happen, happen (to snap, to devour). Related to German Happen (bite-sized piece, bite).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhapɪç/
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Adjective

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happig (strong nominative masculine singular happiger, comparative happiger, superlative am happigsten)

  1. steep; insolently expensive
  2. unacceptable; insolent

Declension

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Further reading

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  • happig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache