Zeichen
German
Etymology
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From Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan (“sign, symbol”), from Proto-Germanic *taikną, *taiknaz (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ-, *deyḱ- (“to show”). Cognate with Dutch teken, English token, Swedish tecken.
Pronunciation
Noun
Zeichen n (genitive Zeichens, plural Zeichen)
- characters, marks, sign
- token
Declension
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- Abzeichen
- Anzeichen
- Hauszeichen
- Hinweiszeichen
- Hoffnungszeichen
- Lebenszeichen
- Verkehrszeichen
- Verkürzungszeichen
- Zeichenblock
- Zeichenbrett
- Zeichenerklärung
- Zeichenfeder
- Zeichenfilm
- Zeichenfolge
- Zeichengebung
- Zeichenheft
- Zeichenkette
- Zeichenlehrer
- Zeichenmaterial
- Zeichenpapier
- Zeichensatz
- Zeichenschrift
- Zeichensetzung
- Zeichensprache
- Zeichenstift
- Zeichentrickfilm
Related terms
Further reading
- “Zeichen” in Duden online
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