pingelig
German edit
Etymology edit
From Ripuarian Central Franconian pengelig, pingelig and Low Franconian, in Ripuarian derived from Peng, Ping (“pain”), originally in the sense of German wehleidig (“over-sensitive, whiny”). Formally a doublet of standard peinlich (“hurtful; embarrassing”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈpɪŋəlɪç/ (standard)
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈpɪŋəlɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pin‧ge‧lig
Adjective edit
pingelig (strong nominative masculine singular pingeliger, comparative pingeliger, superlative am pingeligsten)
- (formerly regional, now almost general at least in Germany, mildly informal) finical; finicky; fussy; picky; nitpick; fastidious
Declension edit
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Derived terms edit
- Pingel (very probably a backformation)
- Pingeligkeit