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Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German geiz, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayd-. Cognate with German Geiß, Dutch geit, English goat, Icelandic geit, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits); and with Latin haedus (“kid”).
Pronunciation
- (Alsatian) IPA(key): /ɡais/, /kais/
Noun
Geiss f
- (Alsatian, Uri) goat
- (Uri) she-goat
Derived terms
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) , Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co. p. 28: "gæıss f. Ziege", p. 51: "gæıss Ziege"
German
Noun
Geiss f (genitive Geiss, plural Geissen, diminutive Geisslein n)
- Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Geiß.
Declension