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)
Audio: (file) (Germany)
- IPA(key): /ˈflapsɪk/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: flap‧sig
Adjective
flapsig (strong nominative masculine singular flapsiger, comparative flapsiger, superlative am flapsigsten)
Declension
Positive forms of flapsig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist flapsig | sie ist flapsig | es ist flapsig | sie sind flapsig | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | flapsiger | flapsige | flapsiges | flapsige |
| genitive | flapsigen | flapsiger | flapsigen | flapsiger | |
| dative | flapsigem | flapsiger | flapsigem | flapsigen | |
| accusative | flapsigen | flapsige | flapsiges | flapsige | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der flapsige | die flapsige | das flapsige | die flapsigen |
| genitive | des flapsigen | der flapsigen | des flapsigen | der flapsigen | |
| dative | dem flapsigen | der flapsigen | dem flapsigen | den flapsigen | |
| accusative | den flapsigen | die flapsige | das flapsige | die flapsigen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein flapsiger | eine flapsige | ein flapsiges | (keine) flapsigen |
| genitive | eines flapsigen | einer flapsigen | eines flapsigen | (keiner) flapsigen | |
| dative | einem flapsigen | einer flapsigen | einem flapsigen | (keinen) flapsigen | |
| accusative | einen flapsigen | eine flapsige | ein flapsiges | (keine) flapsigen | |
Comparative forms of flapsig
Superlative forms of flapsig
Derived terms
- Flapsigkeit