Eiger

English

Etymology 1

Eiger north face

Borrowed from German Eiger.

Proper noun

Eiger

1. A mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.
   • 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 754:

     It is this stretch which provides what is perhaps the most staggering scenic prospect of all; the impression made on the mind by the overwhelming height of the Eiger, towering over the train, is almost impossible to describe.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Eiger

1. A mountain in Greenland.

Anagrams

• geire

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯ɡɐ/

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Proper noun

Eiger m (proper noun, strong, genitive Eigers)

1. Eiger (a mountain in Switzerland).

Further reading

• Eiger on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de