Eibe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German īwe, from Old High German īwa, from Proto-Germanic *īwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-. Cognate with dated Dutch ijf, English yew, Lithuanian ievà, Russian ива (iva). Middle High German postvocalic -w- was normally lost. It has been preserved in ewig, Löwe, and with secondary hardening to -b- in Eibe and Hieb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯bə/

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Noun

Eibe f (genitive Eibe, plural Eiben)

1. yew (tree or shrub)

Declension

Declension of Eibe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Eibe	die	Eiben
genitive	einer	der	Eibe	der	Eiben
dative	einer	der	Eibe	den	Eiben
accusative	eine	die	Eibe	die	Eiben

Hypernyms

• Nadelbaum

Derived terms

• eiben

Further reading

• “Eibe” in Duden online
• “Eibe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Lühr, Rosemarie. 2000. Die Gedichte des Skalden Egill. Dettelbach: J.H. Röll. p. 97.