knackig

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German

Etymology

knacken +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknakɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈknakɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: kna‧ckig

Adjective

knackig (strong nominative masculine singular knackiger, comparative knackiger, superlative am knackigsten)

  1. crisp, crunchy
  2. (of humans) youthful and attractive
  3. succinct, to the point
    Synonym: prägnant

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Further reading

  • knackig” in Duden online
  • knackig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • knackig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Swedish

Etymology

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Adjective

knackig (comparative knackigare, superlative knackigast)

  1. (colloquial) bad, poor

Declension

Inflection of knackig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular knackig knackigare knackigast
neuter singular knackigt knackigare knackigast
plural knackiga knackigare knackigast
masculine plural2 knackige knackigare knackigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 knackige knackigare knackigaste
all knackiga knackigare knackigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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