Biig

See also: biig

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Biig, Big, Bīg (Appenzell, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, Thurgau, Zürich, Solothurn)
• Biige, Bige (Bern, Graubünden, Lucerne, Schwyz, Uri, Zug)
• Biigi (Aarau, Basel, Glarus, Lucerne, Solothurn, Uri, Wallis)

Etymology

From Middle High German bīge, from Old High German bīga (“pile, heap”), further origin uncertain. Cognate with German Beige.

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /b̥iːɡ̊/

Noun

Biig f (plural Biige, diminutive Biigli)

1. pile, stack
   • 2017, Margrit Staub-Hadorn, ‘Di ungschribne Briefe’, Härzschmärz, page 107:

     Gäbt is vo Öine ungschribne Briefe o ne ganzi Bige?

     Do you have any unwritten letters – even a whole pile of them?

2. (regional) woodpile

Related terms

• biige
• biigewiis

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 24.