Vokabahn

zickig

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Adjective

zickig

Pronunciation: /ˈtsɪkɪç/

stroppy, bitchy, touchy

C2 rank #11,301

Meanings

Adjective
  1. stroppy, bitchy, touchy

Example sentence

Heute ist sie wirklich zickig.

Today she is really stroppy.

Usage

  • zickig reagieren — React in a stroppy or touchy way; colloquial and disparaging.
  • zickig / verärgert — A judgement about difficult behaviour versus the more neutral annoyed.
Extra sentence

Im Dialog beklagt sie sich darüber, dass man sie sofort zickig nennt.

In the dialogue, she complains that people immediately call her stroppy.