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Bavarian
Etymology
Uncertain. Probably hin + -ig, with hin itself being a clipping of Middle High German hinüber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhiːniɡ̥/, /ˈhiːniç/
Adjective
hinig (comparative hiniger, superlative åm hinigstn) (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, Tyrol, Vienna)
- out of order, broken
- Des Auto is hinig. ― The car is broken.
- Des hinige Auto is nimmer z'rettn. ― That broken car is beyond repair.
- exhausted, depleted
- Nåchn Spuat gestern woar i afoch nur hinig. ― I was just exhausted after yesterday's sport.
- (derogatory) dead, deceased
- Auffegstiegn, owegfoin, hinig gwesn. ― Ascended, fell off, dead.
- (figuratively, derogatory, chiefly East Central Bavarian, Vienna) stupid
- Synonyms: ågrennt, deppert, waach
- Bist hinig in der Marün? ― Are you stupid?
- Lauter hinige Leit då. ― All idiots here.
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