Waise
German
Etymology
From Old High German weiso, cognate with Dutch wees.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯zə/
Audio (file) - Homophones: weise, Weise
- Rhymes: -aɪ̯zə
Noun
Waise f (genitive Waise, plural Waisen)
- orphan
Usage notes
Today this noun is feminine only, but in older stages of German it was either masculine or feminine.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Halbwaise
- Kriegswaise
- Scheidungswaise
- Sozialwaise
- Waisenanstalt
- Waisengeld
- Waisenhaus
- Waisenheim
- Waisenjunge
- Waisenkind
- Waisenknabe
- Waisenmädchen
- verwaisen
- verwaist
- Verwaistheit
- Vollwaise
Further reading
- Waise in Duden online