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Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Biig, Big, Bīg (Appenzell, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, Thurgau, Zürich, Solothurn)
- Biige, Bige (Bern, Graubünden, Lucerne, Schwyz, Uri, Zug)
- Biigi (Aarau, Basel, Glarus, Lucerne, Solothurn, Uri, Wallis)
Etymology
From Middle High German bīge, from Old High German bīga (“pile, heap”), further origin uncertain. Cognate with German Beige.
Pronunciation
Noun
Biig f (plural Biige, diminutive Biigli)
- pile, stack
2017, Margrit Staub-Hadorn, ‘Di ungschribne Briefe’, Härzschmärz, page 107:Gäbt is vo Öine ungschribne Briefe o ne ganzi Bige?- Do you have any unwritten letters – even a whole pile of them?
- (regional) woodpile
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