Beiz

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Alemannic German

Etymology

Rotwelsch, from Yiddish בית (beys, “house”), itself from Hebrew בַּיִת (báyit). Cognate with German Beiz.

Noun

Beiz f (plural Beize, diminutive Beizli)

  1. pub, bar
  2. inn

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Rotwelsch, from Yiddish בית (beys, “house”), itself from Hebrew בַּיִת (báyit). Compare Alemannic German Beiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɪ̯ts/
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Noun

Beiz f (genitive Beiz, plural Beizen)

  1. (Southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria) pub, bar
    Synonyms: Kneipe, Wirtshaus; see also Thesaurus:Kneipe
    • 2008 September 29, “Zürcher Restaurants und Bars künftig rauchfrei”, in Neue Zürcher Zeitung‎:
      Wann genau in Zürcher Bars, Beizen und Speiserestaurants die letzten Zigaretten ausgedrückt werden, blieb am Sonntag offen.
      When exactly the last cigarette will be stubbed in the bars, pubs and restaurants of Zürch remained open on Sunday.
    • 2013, Mario König, Oliver König, Autobiographische Schriften: Leben im Widerspruch — Versuch einer intellektuellen Autobiographie. Nebenbei geschehen — Erinnerungen. Texte aus dem Nachlaß, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 402:
      Ich hatte mit zwei Zürcher Künstlern, einem Maler und einem Bildhauer, mit ein paar anderen Zürcher Filmleuten in einer Beiz der Altstadt im Niederdorf gesessen, wo wir die Kriegsereignisse diskutierten, die wieder einmal eine schreckenerregende Wendung genommen hatten. Außerdem hatten wir alle reichlich und sicher zuviel getrunken.
      I had met with two artists, a painter and a sculptor, together with a few other film people from Zürch in a pub in the old town, where we discussed the tides of war, that had again turned frighteningly. Furthermore we had all drunk abundantly and surely too much.

Declension

Declension of Beiz
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Beiz die Beizen
genitive einer der Beiz der Beizen
dative einer der Beiz den Beizen
accusative eine die Beiz die Beizen

Further reading

  • “Beiz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Beiz” in Duden online
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