Gneis

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See also: gneis and gnéis

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gneist (“spark”), from Old High German gneisto (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from *ga- + *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate source of knistern (“to crackle”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Noun

Gneis m (strong, genitive Gneises, plural Gneise)

  1. (geology) gneiss

Declension

Declension of Gneis
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Gneis die Gneise
genitive eines des Gneises der Gneise
dative einem dem Gneis, Gneise1 den Gneisen
accusative einen den Gneis die Gneise

1Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

  • English: gneiss

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “gnaistan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 183

Further reading

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