vinnig

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vinnig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfənəχ/

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Adjective

vinnig (attributive vinnige, comparative vinniger, superlative vinnigste)

1. quick, fast

   Synonyms: snel, spoedig

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vinnich (“rotten”), from vinne (“pustule, blister”). The noun is cognate with Middle Low German vinne, German Finne. Further origin uncertain. Some consider it the same word as vin (“fin”, etymology 2 below), positing an original sense “pointed protrusion”, but this is speculative.

Adjective

vinnig (comparative vinniger, superlative vinnigst)

1. unfriendly in a brusque way, mean, acrimonious

   Synonym: snibbig

2. (southern) alert, agile
3. (obsolete) sharp, severe, intense

Declension

Declension of vinnig
uninflected	vinnig
inflected	vinnige
comparative	vinniger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vinnig	vinniger	het vinnigst het vinnigste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	vinnige	vinnigere	vinnigste
	n. sing.	vinnig	vinniger	vinnigste
	plural	vinnige	vinnigere	vinnigste
definite		vinnige	vinnigere	vinnigste
partitive		vinnigs	vinnigers	—

Etymology 2

From vin (“fin”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Adjective

vinnig (not comparable)

1. (rare) having fins

Declension

Declension of vinnig
uninflected	vinnig
inflected	vinnige
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		vinnig
indefinite	m./f. sing.	vinnige
	n. sing.	vinnig
	plural	vinnige
definite		vinnige
partitive		vinnigs

Derived terms

• buikvinnig

Anagrams

• inving, ving in