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feige.

cowardly, yellow

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈfaɪ̯ɡə/
  1. cowardly, yellow

Where this word comes from

From Middle High German veige, from Old High German feigi (“appointed for death, ungodly”), from Proto-West Germanic *faigī (“cowardly, wicked, fey, doomed to die”). Cognate with Dutch veeg (“dying, doomed, perilous, cowardly”), English fey (“doomed to die”).

adv/ˈfaɪ̯ɡə/
  1. cowardly

    Er hat sich feige vor der Auseinandersetzung gedrückt.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German veige, from Old High German feigi (“appointed for death, ungodly”), from Proto-West Germanic *faigī (“cowardly, wicked, fey, doomed to die”). Cognate with Dutch veeg (“dying, doomed, perilous, cowardly”), English fey (“doomed to die”).

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