Geiss
See also: geiss, Geiß, and géiss
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German geiz, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayd-. Cognate with German Geiß, Dutch geit, English goat, Icelandic geit, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits); and with Latin haedus (“kid”).
Pronunciation
- (Alsatian) IPA(key): /ɡais/, /kais/
Noun
Geiss f
- (Alsatian, Uri) goat
- (Uri) she-goat
Derived terms
- Geissbock
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co. p. 28: "gæıss f. Ziege", p. 51: "gæıss Ziege"
German
Noun
Geiss f (genitive Geiss, plural Geissen, diminutive Geisslein n)
- Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Geiß.
Declension
Declension of Geiss [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Geiss | die | Geissen |
| genitive | einer | der | Geiss | der | Geissen |
| dative | einer | der | Geiss | den | Geissen |
| accusative | eine | die | Geiss | die | Geissen |