miede

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German müede, muode, from Old High German muodi, from Proto-West Germanic *mōþī. Cognate to Pennsylvania German mied, Central Franconian mied.

Adjective

miede

1. (Erzgebirgisch) tired
2. (Erzgebirgisch, informal) insignificant, trifling

   Kenn miedn Fuftschr krisste!

   You won't even get an insignificant fifty.

Further reading

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 85

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

miede

1. first/third-person singular subjunctive II of meiden

Middle English

Noun

miede

1. (Early Middle English, Essex) alternative form of mede (“reward”)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian mēde, from Proto-West Germanic *mādu, from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō.

Noun

miede c (plural mieden, diminutive miedsje)

1. meadow

Further reading

• “miede”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011