German

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Etymology

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From pusseln, pöseln (to do petty work) +‎ -ig, variants of bosseln borrowed from Low German.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpʊsəlɪç] (standard)
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  • IPA(key): [ˈpʊsəlɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: pus‧se‧lig

Adjective

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pusselig (strong nominative masculine singular pusseliger, comparative pusseliger, superlative am pusseligsten)

  1. fussy, careful in detail

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • pusselig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • pusselig” in Duden online