peiger
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from peigeren, from Yiddish פּגרן (peygern), from Yiddish פּגר (peyger, “carcass, cadaver”), from Hebrew פֶּגֶר (péger, “corpse, carcass”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
peiger (not comparable)
- (Bargoens, slang) dead; (figurative) exhausted
- 2002 July 28, Marlene, “Hardewijk.”, in nl.support.adhd+add[1] (Usenet):
- Had even nodig om bij te komen toen ik gisteren weer thuis kwam, was helemaal peiger. […] Ik ben nog steeds peiger trouwens, maar wel met een goed humeur.;-)
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2003 March 18, Eejee, “Maxtor 40GB 133 LIQUID 7200 ?”, in nl.comp.hardware[2] (Usenet):
- Heb zelf zo eentje in een PIII 450 gezet, of liever gezegd 2 keer kort na elkaar, want de eerste was binnen een week peiger.
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Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of peiger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | peiger | |||
| inflected | peigere | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | peiger | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | peigere | ||
| n. sing. | peiger | |||
| plural | peigere | |||
| definite | peigere | |||
| partitive | peigers | |||