Geige
See also: géige
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German gīge, from Old High German gīga. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *gīganą (“to move, wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to yawn, gape, long for, desire”). Alternatively an independent onomatopoeic formation.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editGeige f (genitive Geige, plural Geigen)
Declension
editDeclension of Geige [feminine]
Hypernyms
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editFurther reading
edit- “Geige” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Geige” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Geige” in Duden online
- Geige on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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