bissig

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bīzic, bīzec, *bizzic, from Old High German bizzīg, bīzīg, equivalent to Biss +‎ -ig. Doublet of beißig. Cognate with Middle Low German bētich. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɪsɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /ˈbɪsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Hyphenation: bis‧sig === Adjective === bissig (strong nominative masculine singular bissiger, comparative bissiger, superlative am bissigsten) snappy, snappish, biting acrimonious vicious, scathing ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Bissigkeit === Further reading === “bissig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bissig” in Duden online “bissig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon