Geige
See also: géige
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Etymology edit
From 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.
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Noun edit
Geige f (genitive Geige, plural Geigen)
Declension edit
Declension of Geige [feminine]
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Further 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