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Geiss

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See also: geiss, Geiß, and géiss

Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Old High German geiz, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayd-. Cognate with German Geiß, Dutch geit, English goat, Icelandic geit, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits); and with Latin haedus (kid).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Geiss f

  1. (Alsatian, Uri) goat
  2. (Uri) she-goat

Derived terms

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References

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  • Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co. p. 28: "gæıss f. Ziege", p. 51: "gæıss Ziege"

German

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Noun

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Geiss f (genitive Geiss, plural Geissen, diminutive Geisslein n)

  1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Geiß.

Declension

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