From the obsolete Middle High German veic (“fated to die”), which evolved into the meaning of "easily intimidated, fearful, cowardly".
Feiger m (adjectival, definite nominative der Feige, genitive (des) Feigen, plural Feige, definite plural die Feigen, feminine Feige)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine gender | strong declension | |||
| nominative | Feiger | Feige | ||
| genitive | Feigen | Feiger | ||
| dative | Feigem | Feigen | ||
| accusative | Feigen | Feige | ||
| weak declension | ||||
| nominative | der | Feige | die | Feigen |
| genitive | des | Feigen | der | Feigen |
| dative | dem | Feigen | den | Feigen |
| accusative | den | Feigen | die | Feigen |
| mixed declension | ||||
| nominative | ein | Feiger | (keine) | Feigen |
| genitive | eines | Feigen | (keiner) | Feigen |
| dative | einem | Feigen | (keinen) | Feigen |
| accusative | einen | Feigen | (keine) | Feigen |