Anis

See also: anis, anís, -anis, and a-nis

German

Anis – Pimpinella anisum

Anis – Pimpinella anisum

Alternative forms

• Aneis (archaic, Upper German)

Etymology

From Middle High German anīs (“anise”), from Latin anīsum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔä.ˈniːs], [ˈʔä.niːs], [ˈʔäː.nɪs], [ˈʔä.nɪs]
• Rhymes: -iːs ([ʔä.ˈniːs])

• Audio [ʔä.ˈniːs]:

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Noun

Anis m (genitive Anis, no plural)

1. anise (plant and spice)

Derived terms

• Sternanis

Descendants

• → Slovene: jánež

Further reading

• “Anis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Anis” in Duden online
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Anis”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891