flapsig
German
Etymology
From Flaps (“lout, oaf, churl”) + -ig, ultimately from flapp, imitative of the sound of clapping. Further meanings developed in the German Low German [Term?] and Central German dialects and vernaculars. Compare German Flappe (“twisted mouth, hanging bottom lip”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflapsɪç/ (Germany)
- IPA(key): /ˈflapsɪk/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: flap‧sig
Adjective
flapsig (strong nominative masculine singular flapsiger, comparative flapsiger, superlative am flapsigsten)
Declension
Derived terms
- Flapsigkeit