Eibe

Eibe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German īwe, from Old High German īwa, from Proto-Germanic *īwō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eiH-u̯eh₂. Cognate with dated Dutch ijf, English yew (the latter from a masculine stem Proto-Germanic *īwaz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯bə/

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Noun

Eibe f (genitive Eibe, plural Eiben)

1. yew (tree or shrub)

Declension

Declension of Eibe

	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

Derived terms

• eiben

Hypernyms

• Nadelbaum

Further reading

• Eibe in Duden online