happig

== Bavarian == === Etymology === Originally, "greedy, excessive, difficult to swallow", 18th-century creation apparently from happ, imitative of the sound of snapping. Possibly borrowed from German Low German; compare Low German happen, happen (“to snap, to devour”). Compare German happig. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑb̥ːiç/, [-iɡ̥] Hyphenation: hap‧pig === Adjective === happig (comparative happiger, superlative happigstn) steep; insolently expensive (with auf + accusative) keen on, eager == German == === Etymology === Originally, "greedy, excessive, difficult to swallow", 18th-century creation apparently from happ, imitative of the sound of snapping. Possibly borrowed from German Low German; compare Low German happen, happen (“to snap, to devour”). Related to German Happen (“bite-sized piece, bite”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhapɪç/ === Adjective === happig (strong nominative masculine singular happiger, comparative happiger, superlative am happigsten) steep; insolently expensive unacceptable; insolent ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “happig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache