Kleie

Kleie

German

Etymology

From Middle High German klīwe, klīe, from Old High German klīwa, klīa, klīga.The further origin is unclear.It might stem from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to smear, to glue”) but this is difficult due to semantic reasons.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Kleie f (genitive Kleie, plural Kleien)

1. bran

   Synonym: (Switzerland) Grüsch

Declension

Declension of Kleie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kleie	die	Kleien
genitive	einer	der	Kleie	der	Kleien
dative	einer	der	Kleie	den	Kleien
accusative	eine	die	Kleie	die	Kleien

References

1. Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Kleie”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

• “Kleie” in Duden online
• “Kleie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache