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Gewebe

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German

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Etymology

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A deverbal noun from weben (to weave). Cognate with Hunsrik Geweb.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈveːbə/
  • IPA(key): /ɡeˈveːbɛ/ (Austria)
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Noun

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Gewebe n (strong, genitive Gewebes, plural Gewebe)

  1. fabric (woven fabric), cloth, tissue, stuff, weave, mesh (e.g. wire mesh)
  2. (medicine, anatomy) tissue
  3. (biology) web (spider's web)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Gewebe”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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