Kieme
See also: kieme
German edit
Etymology edit
16th century, from Middle Low German kime, kimme. This is most plausibly an alteration of kiwe (“jawbone, gill”) after unrelated kimme (“slit, groove”), whence also German Kimme. The former pertains to kauen (“to chew”) and is cognate with Middle High German kiwe (“jawbone, gill”), Dutch kieuw (“gill”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Kieme f (genitive Kieme, plural Kiemen)
Declension edit
Declension of Kieme [feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Kieme” in Duden online
- “Kieme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kieme” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.