pingelig

From Ripuarian Central Franconian pengelig, pingelig and Low Franconian, in Ripuarian derived from Peng, Ping (“pain”), originally in the sense of German wehleidig (“over-sensitive, whiny”). Formally a doublet of standard peinlich (“hurtful; embarrassing”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪŋəlɪç/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪŋəlɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)

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• Hyphenation: pin‧ge‧lig

pingelig (strong nominative masculine singular pingeliger, comparative pingeliger, superlative am pingeligsten)

1. (formerly regional, now almost general at least in Germany, mildly informal) finical; finicky; fussy; picky; nitpick; fastidious

• Pingel (very probably a backformation)
• Pingeligkeit

• Pein