knorrig

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch knorrig. Equivalent to knor +‎ -ig.

Adjective

knorrig (attributive knorrige, comparative knorriger, superlative knorrigste)

  1. grumpy

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈknɔ.rəx/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: knor‧rig

Etymology 1

From knorren (“to grunt”) +‎ -ig.

Adjective

knorrig (comparative knorriger, superlative knorrigst)

  1. grumpy, surly
    • 1991, KVK, "Wakker met een wijsje".
      Hoe deftiger de wagen, hoe knorriger de kop.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection
Inflection of knorrig
uninflected knorrig
inflected knorrige
comparative knorriger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial knorrigknorrigerhet knorrigst
het knorrigste
indefinite m./f. sing. knorrigeknorrigereknorrigste
n. sing. knorrigknorrigerknorrigste
plural knorrigeknorrigereknorrigste
definite knorrigeknorrigereknorrigste
partitive knorrigsknorrigers—

Etymology 2

From knor (“knot, gnarl”) +‎ -ig.

Adjective

knorrig (comparative knorriger, superlative knorrigst)

  1. knotty, gnarled
Inflection
Inflection of knorrig
uninflected knorrig
inflected knorrige
comparative knorriger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial knorrigknorrigerhet knorrigst
het knorrigste
indefinite m./f. sing. knorrigeknorrigereknorrigste
n. sing. knorrigknorrigerknorrigste
plural knorrigeknorrigereknorrigste
definite knorrigeknorrigereknorrigste
partitive knorrigsknorrigers—
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