Fieber

See also: fieber

German

Etymology

From Middle High German fieber, from Old High German fiebar, from Proto-West Germanic *fēbr, borrowed from Latin febris (“fever”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːbər/, [ˈfiː.bɐ]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Homophone: Fiber

Noun

Fieber n (strong, genitive Fiebers, plural Fieber)

1. fever (heightened body temperature)

   Paul ist krank, er hat Fieber. ― Paul is sick, he's got a fever.

2. (figurative) vigour, confidence
3. (figurative, mostly in compounds) fever, bug (obsession for an activity)

Declension

Declension of Fieber [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Fieber	die	Fieber
genitive	eines	des	Fiebers	der	Fieber
dative	einem	dem	Fieber	den	Fiebern
accusative	ein	das	Fieber	die	Fieber

Derived terms

• fieberhaft
• Fiebermittel
• fiebern
• fiebersenkend
• Fiebertraum
• Fieberwahn
• fiebrig
• Fleckfieber
• Lampenfieber
• Milchfieber
• Nervenfieber
• Reisefieber
• Tropenfieber

Further reading

• “Fieber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fieber” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Fieber” in Duden online
• Fieber on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de