mager
Meaning
- (not-comparable) lean, without fat
- (not-comparable) meager, skinny
Concepts
thib
Synonyms
abgezehrt
leptosom
Haut und Knochen
abgemergelt
klapperdürr
zaundürr
rappeldürr
schmales Handtuch
abgehärmt
nichts auf den Rippen haben
schilfig
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
maager
Basel-Landschaft
raan
Basel-Landschaft
spitzig
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Hyphenated as
ma‧ger
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmaːɡɐ/
Etymology
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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