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German
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Etymology
Derived in the 19th century from knuspern (“to nibble audibly, to crunch”), borrowed around 1800 from German Low German knuspern. Apparently onomatopoeic in origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknʊspʁɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈknʊspʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: knusp‧rig
Adjective
knusprig (strong nominative masculine singular knuspriger, comparative knuspriger, superlative am knusprigsten)
- crispy, crisp, crunchy
- Synonym: kross
- (colloquial, humorous, usually with noch or nicht mehr) in one's right mind; of full mental capacity
- Synonyms: richtig (im Kopf), bei Sinnen
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