Feiger

== German == === Etymology === From the obsolete Middle High German veic (“fated to die”), which evolved into the meaning of "easily intimidated, fearful, cowardly". === Pronunciation === === Noun === Feiger m (adjectival, definite nominative der Feige, genitive (des) Feigen, plural Feige, definite plural die Feigen, feminine Feige) coward ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Feiger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Feig”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 560.