pingelig

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German

Etymology

From Ripuarian Central Franconian pengelig, pingelig and Low Franconian, in Ripuarian derived from Peng, Ping (pain), originally in the sense of German wehleidig (over-sensitive, whiny). Formally a doublet of standard peinlich (hurtful; embarrassing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪŋəlɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪŋəlɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: pin‧ge‧lig

Adjective

pingelig (strong nominative masculine singular pingeliger, comparative pingeliger, superlative am pingeligsten)

  1. (formerly regional, now almost general at least in Germany, mildly informal) finical; finicky; fussy; picky; nitpick; fastidious

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