süeß

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German süeze, from Old High German suozi, from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus. Cognate with German süß, Dutch zoet, English sweet, Icelandic sætur.

Adjective

süeß

1. (also Uri) sweet

Declension

Inflected forms include:

• süeße (masc. nom. sg.)
• süeßi (fem. acc. sg.)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 30.
• Aus dem Wiesenthale. Gedichte von Georg Uehlin. Schopfheim, 1869, p. 7, 15, 33, 45