Eiche

See also: eiche

German

Eine Eiche — An oak tree (1)

Eichenholz — Oak wood (2)

Etymology

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From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German eih, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Cognates

From the same Proto-Germanic: Low German Eek, Dutch eik, West Frisian iik, English oak, Danish eg, Swedish ek.

From the same Proto-Indo-European: Latin aesculus (“Durmast oak”), Latvian ozols, Lithuanian ąžuolas, Albanian enjë (“juniper, yew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯çə/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯çə

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Noun

Eiche f (genitive Eiche, plural Eichen)

1. (countable) An oak tree, an oak, Quercus; the common tree

   Eichen können über tausend Jahre alt werden.

   Oak trees can reach an age of more than one thousand years.

   Korkeiche — cork oak

2. (uncountable) oak; the wood of the tree

Synonyms

• (oak tree): Eichbaum, Eichenbaum
• (oak wood): Eichenholz

Hypernyms

• (oak): Baum

Meronyms

• (oak): Eichel

Related terms

• Eichel f
• Eichelhäher m
• eichen

• Eichkätzchen n
• Steineiche f
• Stieleiche f

See also

• Eichhörnchen