knusprig
German
editAlternative forms
edit- knusper (in the colloquial sense)
Etymology
editDerived in the 19th century from knuspern (“to nibble audibly, to crunch”), borrowed around 1800 from German Low German knuspern. Apparently onomatopoeic in origin.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈknʊspʁɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈknʊspʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: knusp‧rig
Adjective
editknusprig (strong nominative masculine singular knuspriger, comparative knuspriger, superlative am knusprigsten)
- crispy, crisp, crunchy
- Synonym: kross
- (colloquial, humorous, usually with noch or nicht mehr) in one's right mind; of full mental capacity
- Synonyms: richtig (im Kopf), bei Sinnen
Declension
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editFurther reading
edit- “knusprig” in Duden online