Kiefer

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English[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Kiefer

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Oklahoma.

Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

Kiefern

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːfɐ/, [kʰiːfɐ]
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  • Rhymes: -iːfɐ

Etymology 1[edit]

From older Kienföhre.

Noun[edit]

Kiefer f (genitive Kiefer, plural Kiefern)

  1. pine (tree of genus Pinus)
    Synonyms: Kiefernbaum, Föhre, (archaic) Kienföhre
    Hypernym: Nadelbaum
Declension[edit]
Declension of Kiefer [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kiefer die Kiefern
genitive einer der Kiefer der Kiefern
dative einer der Kiefer den Kiefern
accusative eine die Kiefer die Kiefern
Hyponyms[edit]
Hyponyms of Kiefer
Meronyms[edit]
Meronyms of Kiefer
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Etymology 2[edit]

Der menschliche Kiefer

From Middle High German kiver, from Old High German kifer, from Proto-West Germanic *kebr, from Proto-Germanic *kebrą, from the perhaps onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root *ǵep- (“to chew, eat”), also the root of Käfer (“beetle”).

Compare the Proto-Indo-European roots *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”) and *gʰabʰ- (“to seize”).

Noun[edit]

Kiefer m or (dialectally) n (strong, genitive Kiefers, plural Kiefer)

  2. jaw
Usage notes[edit]

The noun is also neuter in Austrian German. In the North of the German language area it is always masculine.

Declension[edit]
Declension of Kiefer [masculine // neuter (dialectally), strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der, das Kiefer die Kiefer
genitive eines des Kiefers der Kiefer
dative einem dem Kiefer den Kiefern
accusative einen, ein den, das Kiefer die Kiefer
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