feig
German, adjective/faɪ̯k/
feig is spelled F-E-I-G (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feig is a German adjective meaning “alternative form of feige” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Mut, sich von Angst vor Gefahr leiten lassen”.
What does feig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialalternative form of feige
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Mut, sich von Angst vor Gefahr leiten lassen 2. gemein, hinterhältig
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of feig
- feiger masculine nominative singular
- am feigsten superlative
- feige feminine nominative singular
- feiges neuter nominative singular
- feigen genitive masculine singular
- feigem dative masculine singular
- der feige definite includes-article masculine
- die feige definite feminine includes-article
- das feige definite includes-article neuter
- die feigen definite includes-article nominative
- des feigen definite genitive includes-article
- der feigen definite feminine genitive
- dem feigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce feig?
- standard /faɪ̯k/
- /faɪ̯ç/
- [faɪ̯k]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is feig in German?
feig appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).