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German
Etymology
From Low German püükfien, tautological compound of püük + fien, both roughly “excellent, fine, clean, honest”.
The former is a borrowing from Dutch puik, from Middle Dutch puuc, from Old Dutch *puiken, from Proto-West Germanic *pūka, *pūga, from Pre-Germanic *pūkk, of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *buk-, *bu-, *beu- (“to blow, swell”), assuming an original sense of "bag made from skin."[1][2] The latter is from Old French fin, cognate with German fein, English fine.
Pronunciation
Adjective
piekfein (strong nominative masculine singular piekfeiner, not comparable)
- (informal, often mildly derogatory, otherwise dated) posh; fancy
Hau! Du siehst ja piekfein aus!- Wow! You’re looking posh! (dated)
Die haben uns da in ein piekfeines Restaurant eingeladen.- They invited us to a mighty fancy restaurant. (somewhat impressed, but also dismissive)
Declension
Positive forms of piekfein (uncomparable)
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “puka”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400
- ^ Kroonen, G. (2009). Consonant and Vowel Gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-Stems. PhD dissertation, University of Leiden, p. 126-127