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.
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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