Meaning
- (formal) appropriate, meet, fair
- cheap (low-priced)
- cheap (of low quality, mediocre)
Concepts
cheap-looking
frippish
Opposite of
teuer, hochpreisig, edel, hochwertig
Synonyms
zweiten Ranges
nicht teuer
zu einem niedrigen Preis
geringwertig
knallig
besolt
nichts sagend
halbwertig
schlechter Qualität
minderer Güte
Translations
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”).
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