bannig

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German bannig.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ban‧nig
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Adjective

bannig (strong nominative masculine singular banniger, not comparable)

  1. (dialectal, Northern Germany) very, extraordinarily
    • 1921 [1913], Gorch Fock [pseudonym; Johann Kinau], Seefahrt ist not!, page 16:
      Ob der Fang gut gewesen sei? Ja, bannig gut, ein feiner Streek, hundert Stiege, große Südschollen!
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    • 2010 April 20, Ilka Kreutzträger, “Plattdeutsch: Back in town”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      Das wird das Plattdeutsche nicht vor dem Aussterben retten, aber es ist eine kleine, bannig kommodige Wiederbelebungsmaßnahme.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Positive forms of bannig (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist bannig sie ist bannig es ist bannig sie sind bannig
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative banniger bannige banniges bannige
genitive bannigen banniger bannigen banniger
dative bannigem banniger bannigem bannigen
accusative bannigen bannige banniges bannige
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der bannige die bannige das bannige die bannigen
genitive des bannigen der bannigen des bannigen der bannigen
dative dem bannigen der bannigen dem bannigen den bannigen
accusative den bannigen die bannige das bannige die bannigen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein banniger eine bannige ein banniges (keine) bannigen
genitive eines bannigen einer bannigen eines bannigen (keiner) bannigen
dative einem bannigen einer bannigen einem bannigen (keinen) bannigen
accusative einen bannigen eine bannige ein banniges (keine) bannigen

Further reading

  • “bannig” in Duden online
  • “bannig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Peter Hansen (2024) “bannig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch Niederdeutsch (dwn)

Low German

Etymology

Maybe a shortening of unbannig, related to German unbändig, Dutch uitbundig.
Could, however, be related to some hypothetical word "mannig", akin to Dutch "menig", meaning many.

Adjective

bannig

  1. very
    Bannig goot. ― Very good.

Synonyms

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