Teig

See also: teig

German

Pizzateig — pizza dough

Etymology

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From Middle High German teic, from Old High German teig, teic (attested since the 9th century); from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”). Cognate with English dough.

Germanic cognates

• Dutch deeg
• Old English dāh, dāg (modern English dough)
• Old Norse deig (whence Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Norwegian deig, Swedish deg, Danish dej)
• Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌲𐍃 (daigs).
• Compare Finnish taikina and Estonian taigen which appear to be early borrowings from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic.

Non-Germanic cognates

• Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “mound, fortification”)
• Latin fingere (“to shape, to form”) (compare fiction)
• Old Irish digen (“firm, solid”)
• Old Armenian դէզ (dēz, “pile, heap”)
• Sanskrit देह (dēha, “body”), देग्धि (degdhi, “to smear, to plaster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪ̯k/
• IPA^(key): /taɪ̯ç/

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• Hyphenation: Teig
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯k
• Homophone: Teich (nonstandard)

Noun

Teig m (genitive Teigs or Teiges, plural Teige)

1. dough, paste (a soft mixture of various ingredients such as flour and water used for baking)

   Pizzateig — pizza dough

   dünnflüssiger Teig — liquid dough

2. pastry (the dough which is used as a base for other pastry products)
3. batter (a beaten mixture of egg and milk, mainly used for frying; e.g.: waffles, pancakes)

Derived terms

• teigig
• Teigling

Compounds with Teig

• Bierteig m
• Biskuitteig m
• Blätterteig m
• Germteig m
• Hefeteig m
• Kartoffelteig m
• Mürbeteig m
• Nudelteig m
• Pizzateig m
• Rührteig m
• Salzteig m
• Sauerteig m

• Teigboden m
• Teigfladen m
• Teigform f
• Teiggitter n
• Teigkloß m
• Teigrädchen n
• Teigrolle f
• Teigschaber m
• Teigschüssel f
• Teigspritze f
• Teigtasche f
• Teigware f

Further reading

• “Teig” in Duden online