knackig

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German

Etymology

knacken +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknakɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈknakɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: kna‧ckig

Adjective

knackig (strong nominative masculine singular knackiger, comparative knackiger, superlative am knackigsten)

  1. crisp, crunchy
  2. (of humans) youthful and attractiv
  3. succinct, to the point
    Synonym: prägnant

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • knackig” in Duden online
  • knackig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • knackig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon