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Kiefer

English edit

Proper noun edit

Kiefer

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Oklahoma.

Anagrams edit

German edit

 
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Kiefern

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːfɐ/, [kʰiːfɐ]
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  • Rhymes: -iːfɐ

Etymology 1 edit

From older Kienföhre.

Noun edit

Kiefer f (genitive Kiefer, plural Kiefern)

  1. pine (tree of genus Pinus)
    Synonyms: Kiefernbaum, Föhre, (archaic) Kienföhre
    Hypernym: Nadelbaum
Declension edit
Declension of Kiefer [feminine]
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 edit
Hyponyms of Kiefer
Meronyms edit
Meronyms of Kiefer
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

 
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Der menschliche Kiefer

From Middle High German kiver, 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 edit

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

  2. jaw
Usage notes edit

The noun is also neuter in Austrian German. In the North of the German language area it is always masculine.

Declension edit
Declension of Kiefer [masculine // neuter (dialectally), strong]
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
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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