herzig

See also: Herzig

German

IPA^(key): [ˈhɛʁtsɪç] (standard)
IPA^(key): [ˈhɛʁtsɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Hyphenation: her‧zig

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herzig (comparative herziger, superlative am herzigsten)

(chiefly Southern Germany or Switzerland) sweet (having a pleasing disposition); cute
- 1888, Frances Hodgson Burnett (tr. Emmy Becher), Der kleine Lord‎^[1], Engelhorn, translation of Litte Lord Fauntleroy:
  ... dann hatte er so ein liebes, reines Gemüt und war so ein herziger kleiner Mensch, daß jedermann Freude an ihm haben mußte...
  ...in the second place, he had so sweet a temper and ways so charming that he was a pleasure to every one...