vinnig

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Etymology

From Dutch vinnig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfənəχ/
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Adjective

vinnig (attributive vinnige, comparative vinniger, superlative vinnigste)

  1. quick, fast
    Synonyms: snel, spoedig

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vinnich (“rotten”), from vinne (“pustule, blister”). The noun is cognate with Middle Low German vinne, German Finne. Further origin uncertain. Some consider it the same word as vin (“fin”, etymology 2 below), positing an original sense “pointed protrusion”, but this is speculative.

Adjective

vinnig (comparative vinniger, superlative vinnigst)

  1. unfriendly in a brusque way, mean, acrimonious
    Synonym: snibbig
  2. (southern) alert, agile
  3. (obsolete) sharp, severe, intense
Declension
Declension of vinnig
uninflected vinnig
inflected vinnige
comparative vinniger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vinnig vinniger het vinnigst
het vinnigste
indefinite m./f. sing. vinnige vinnigere vinnigste
n. sing. vinnig vinniger vinnigste
plural vinnige vinnigere vinnigste
definite vinnige vinnigere vinnigste
partitive vinnigs vinnigers —

Etymology 2

From vin (“fin”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Adjective

vinnig (not comparable)

  1. (rare) having fins
Declension
Declension of vinnig
uninflected vinnig
inflected vinnige
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial vinnig
indefinite m./f. sing. vinnige
n. sing. vinnig
plural vinnige
definite vinnige
partitive vinnigs
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