üppig

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German üppic, from Old High German uppīg, further origin uncertain, perhaps related to übel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʏpɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /ˈʏpɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Hyphenation: üp‧pig === Adjective === üppig (strong nominative masculine singular üppiger, comparative üppiger, superlative am üppigsten) opulent, luscious, ample ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === üppig lavishly, lushly ==== Descendants ==== → Swedish: yppig === Further reading === “üppig” in Duden online “üppig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Friedrich Kluge (1883), “üppig”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “üppig”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 752