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knusprig

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German

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Etymology

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Derived in the 19th century from knuspern (to nibble audibly, to crunch), borrowed around 1800 from German Low German knuspern. Apparently onomatopoeic in origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈknʊspʁɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈknʊspʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: knusp‧rig

Adjective

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knusprig (strong nominative masculine singular knuspriger, comparative knuspriger, superlative am knusprigsten)

  1. crispy, crisp, crunchy
    Synonym: kross
  2. (colloquial, humorous, usually with noch or nicht mehr) in one's right mind; of full mental capacity
    Synonyms: richtig (im Kopf), bei Sinnen

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