Weib

German

Etymology

From Old High German wīb, related to Old Saxon wīf ( > Low German Wief), Dutch wijf, Old English wīf ( > English wife), Old Norse víf ( > Common Scandinavian viv). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wībą.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vaɪ̯p/

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Noun

Weib n (genitive Weibs or Weibes, plural Weiber)

1. (pejorative) woman
2. (archaic) woman, wife
   • So sprach er[...]: „Weib, meine letzte Stunde ist da; alle Schätze, so ich allein besaß, sind dein und deiner Tochter.“ - Emanuel Schikaneder, Die Zauberflöte (libretto), act II, scene 8.

     So he said: "Wife, my last hour is here; all the treasures that I possessed of myself are yours and your daughter's."

Declension

declension of Weib

	singular			plural
n gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Weib	die	Weiber
genitive	eines	des	Weibes, Weibs	der	Weiber
dative	einem	dem	Weib, Weibe (archaic)	den	Weibern
accusative	ein	das	Weib	die	Weiber

Derived terms

• Weiberrat
• Weibsbild

Related terms

• weiblich

See also

• Frauenzimmer