knusprig
German
Alternative forms
- knusper (in the colloquial sense)
Etymology
Derived in the 19th century from knuspern (“to nibble audibly, to crunch”), borrowed around 1800 from German Low German knuspern. Apparently onomatopoeic in origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknʊspʁɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈknʊspʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: knusp‧rig
Adjective
knusprig (strong nominative masculine singular knuspriger, comparative knuspriger, superlative am knusprigsten)
- crispy, crisp, crunchy
- Synonym: kross
- (colloquial, humorous, usually with noch or nicht mehr) in one's right mind; of full mental capacity
- Synonyms: richtig (im Kopf), bei Sinnen
Declension
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Further reading
- “knusprig” in Duden online