picksüß

German

Etymology

pickig + süß. Cognate with Bavarian picksiaß.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥ikˌsyːs/ (Austria)
  • Hyphenation: pick‧süß

Adjective

picksüß (strong nominative masculine singular picksüßer, not comparable)

  1. (Austria, sometimes derogatory) sickly sweet
  2. (Austria, figurative, derogatory) saccharine, syrupy

Declension

Further reading

  • picksüß” in Duden online
  • picksüß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • picksüß” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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