billig
- (formal) appropriate, meet, fair
- cheap (low-priced)
- cheap (of low quality, mediocre)
Opposite of
teuer, hochpreisig, edel, hochwertig
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
woolfail
Basel-Landschaft
woolfel
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈbɪlɪç]
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German billich, from Old High German billīh (“appropriate”), from a suffixed form of Proto-Germanic *biliz (“merciful, kind, decent, fair”).
Related words
cheap-looking
frippish
zweiten Ranges
nicht teuer
zu einem niedrigen Preis
geringwertig
knallig
besolt
nichts sagend
halbwertig
schlechter Qualität
minderer Güte
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