Zeh

See also: žeh and zeh

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• Zäh (spelling)
• Zächa, Zechn

Etymology

From Middle High German zēhe, from Old High German zēha, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ (“toe”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”). Cognate with German Zeh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

Zeh m (plural Zehan) (West Central Bavarian)

1. toe

German

Alternative forms

• Zehe f (regional and less common for “toe”, also meaning “clove”)

Etymology

From Middle High German zēhe, from Old High German zēha, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ (“toe”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tseː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -eː
• Homophone: zäh (regional)

Noun

Zeh m (mixed, genitive Zehes or Zehs, plural Zehen, diminutive Zehchen n)

1. toe

Declension

Declension of Zeh [masculine, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zeh	die	Zehen
genitive	eines	des	Zehes, Zehs	der	Zehen
dative	einem	dem	Zeh, Zehe1	den	Zehen
accusative	einen	den	Zeh	die	Zehen

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Zehenbeere
• Zehengänger
• Zehenspitze
• Zehennagel, Zehnagel

Further reading

• “Zeh” in Duden online
• “Zeh”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Zeh”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡seː/

Noun

Zeh f (plural Zehe, diminutive Zehche)

1. toe

Derived terms

• Zehenaaghel

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Zeh”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch