Kiefer

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English

Proper noun

Kiefer

  1. A surname.
    • 2008 June 14, The Associated Press, “Federer Extends Streak”, in The New York Times‎:
      Roger Federer extended his grasscourt streak to 57 matches with a victory over Marcos Baghdatis and will play Nicolas Kiefer in the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.
  2. A town in Oklahoma.

Anagrams

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de
Kiefern

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːfɐ/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːfɐ

Etymology 1

From older Kienföhre.

Noun

Kiefer f (genitive Kiefer, plural Kiefern)

  1. pine (tree of genus Pinus)
    Synonyms: Kiefernbaum, Föhre, (archaic) Kienföhre
    Hypernym: Nadelbaum
Declension
Declension of Kiefer
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kiefer die Kiefern
genitive einer der Kiefer der Kiefern
dative einer der Kiefer den Kiefern
accusative eine die Kiefer die Kiefern
Hyponyms
Hyponyms of Kiefer
Meronyms
Meronyms of Kiefer
Derived terms

Etymology 2

German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Der menschliche Kiefer

From Middle High German kiver m or n, from Old High German kifer, from Proto-West Germanic *kebr, from Proto-Germanic *kebrą, from the perhaps onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root *ǵep- (“to chew, eat”), also the root of Käfer (“beetle”).

Compare the Proto-Indo-European roots *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”) and *gʰabʰ- (“to seize”).

Noun

Kiefer m or n (strong, genitive Kiefers, plural Kiefer)

  2. jaw
Usage notes

The noun is masculine or neuter in the vernacular of Austria as well as in Austrian Standard German, and in the vernacular of Bavaria. In German Standard German as well as in the vernacular of the north of the German language area it is always masculine.

Declension
Declension of Kiefer
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der, das Kiefer die Kiefer
genitive eines des Kiefers der Kiefer
dative einem dem Kiefer den Kiefern
accusative einen, ein den, das Kiefer die Kiefer
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