feige.
cowardly, yellow
Meaning & usage
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”).
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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