Meise

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German meise, from Old High German meisa, from Proto-West Germanic *maisā, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (“chickadee”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ̯zə/ (Germany)
IPA^(key): /ˈmaɛ̯sɛ/ (Austria)
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Hyphenation: Mei‧se
Rhymes: -aɪ̯zə

Noun

Meise f (genitive Meise, plural Meisen)

tit, chickadee (small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae)

Declension

Declension of Meise

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Meise	die	Meisen
genitive	einer	der	Meise	der	Meisen
dative	einer	der	Meise	den	Meisen
accusative	eine	die	Meise	die	Meisen

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

meisenartig

Further reading

“Meise” in Duden online
“Meise” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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