bannig

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbanɪç]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧nig
  • (file)

Adjective

bannig (strong nominative masculine singular banniger, not comparable)

  1. (dialectal, Northern Germany) very, extraordinarily
    • 1921 [1913], Gorch Fock [pseudonym; Johann Kinau], Seefahrt ist not!, page 16:
      Ob der Fang gut gewesen sei? Ja, bannig gut, ein feiner Streek, hundert Stiege, große Südschollen!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2010 April 20, Ilka Kreutzträger, “Plattdeutsch: Back in town”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Das wird das Plattdeutsche nicht vor dem Aussterben retten, aber es ist eine kleine, bannig kommodige Wiederbelebungsmaßnahme.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

  • bannig” in Duden online
  • bannig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Peter Hansen (2024), bannig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch Niederdeutsch (dwn)

Low German

Etymology

Maybe a shortening of unbannig, related to German unbändig, Dutch uitbundig.
Could, however, be related to some hypothetical word "mannig", akin to Dutch "menig", meaning many.

Adjective

bannig

  1. very
    Bannig goot.Very good.

Synonyms

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