piefig

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Adjective

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piefig (strong nominative masculine singular piefiger, comparative piefiger, superlative am piefigsten)

  1. (colloquial, regional, chiefly northern and eastern Germany) narrow-minded, square, petit bourgeois, outmoded
    Synonym: spießig
    die piefigen 50er Jahre
    the narrow-minded 1950s
  2. (colloquial, regional, chiefly western Germany) disgruntled, (unjustifiedly) offended, surly, unfriendly
    Synonyms: sauer, verärgert, beleidigt, mürrisch, unfreundlich
    ein piefiges Gesicht
    a disgruntled face

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