knusprig

Meaning

  1. crispy, crisp, crunchy
  2. (colloquial, humorous, usually) in one's right mind; of full mental capacity

Synonyms

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

greeschpelig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

grooschpelig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

reesch

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈknʊspʁɪç/
Etymology

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

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