Geige

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See also: géige

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gīge, from Old High German gīga, of unclear origin. Possibly from a Proto-Germanic *gīganą (“to move, wish, desire”) (based on the movement of a violinist's arms), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeyǵʰ-, *ǵʰeygʰ-, an extension of *ǵʰeh₂- (“to yawn, gape, long for, desire”),[1] though this is semantically dubious. Alternatively an independent onomatopoeic formation.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɪ̯ɡə/
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  • Hyphenation: Gei‧ge
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯ɡə

Noun

Geige f (genitive Geige, plural Geigen)

  1. violin, fiddle
    Synonyms: (chiefly specialist) Violine, (archaic or humorous) Fiedel

Declension

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

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References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒaiʒjanan ~ *ʒaiʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122
  2. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Geige”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “Geige” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Geige” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Geige” in Duden online
  • Geige on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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