Gips

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German

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German gips, from late Old High German gips, from Proto-West Germanic *gips.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɪps/
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Noun

Gips m (strong, genitive Gipses, plural Gipse)

  1. gypsum
  2. Short for Gipsverband (“cast for a broken bone”).
    Er hat einen Gips angelegt bekommen. ― He got a cast applied.

Declension

Declension of Gips
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Gips die Gipse
genitive eines des Gipses der Gipse
dative einem dem Gips, Gipse1 den Gipsen
accusative einen den Gips die Gipse

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Romanian: ghips
  • → Russian: гипс (gips) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: гипс
    Latin script: gips

Further reading

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