Mais

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See also: mais, maïs, maís, máis, and màis

German

Mais

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɪ̯s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Etymology 1

From Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi.

Noun

Mais m (genitive Mais or Maises, no plural)

  1. maize; corn Lua error in Module:parameters at line 298: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
    Synonyms: (Austria) Kukuruz, (archaic) türkischer Weizen, (archaic) türkisch Korn

Declension

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Usage notes
  • In German-speaking Europe, maize is commonest as a fodder crop. In cuisine, it is generally regarded and used as a vegetable. Referring to it as a Getreide (“cereal”) may strike non-specialist German-speakers as unusual or wrong (though it is, of course, biologically correct).

Etymology 2

Noun

Mais

  1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of Mai

Further reading

  • “Mais” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Mais” in Duden online
  • Mais on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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