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
- (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