mager

Meaning

  1. (not-comparable) lean, without fat
  2. (not-comparable) meager, skinny

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

maager

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

raan

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spitzig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmaːɡɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Old High German magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with Dutch mager, Danish mager, Norwegian Bokmål mager, Norwegian Nynorsk mager, Swedish mager, etc., and with English meagre through Indo-European.

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