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tief

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English

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Noun

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tief (plural tiefs or tieves)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of thief.

Verb

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tief (third-person singular simple present tiefs, present participle tiefing, simple past and past participle tiefed)

  1. (dialect) To steal, to thieve.

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German tief, tiuf, going back to Old High German tiuf, tiof, inherited through Proto-West Germanic *deup and ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, from Pre-Germanic *dʰewbʰnós, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.

Compare Dutch diep, Low German diep, deep, English deep, Danish dyb, Norwegian dyp, Icelandic djúpur.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tief (strong nominative masculine singular tiefer, comparative tiefer, superlative am tiefsten)

  1. deep (having a long distance to the bottom; of bodies of water, wells, etc.)
    Antonyms: untief, flach
    Wie tief ist das Wasser?How deep is the water?
  2. (figuratively) deep, profound (intense or significant)
    Antonym: oberflächlich
    tiefe Trauerprofound grief
    Sie hat ein tiefes Verständnis der russischen Kultur.She has a deep understanding of Russian culture.
  3. low (situated close to, or below, the ground)
    Antonym: hoch
    Du hast das Bild zu tief gehängt.You hung the picture too low.
  4. (figuratively, Switzerland) low (small, not high in amount or quantity, value, etc.)
    Synonym: niedrig
    tiefere Abgabenlower taxes

Usage notes

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German niedrig is a more generally applicable translation of English low. Tief can cover the meaning of niedrig in many contexts, but not vice versa.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • tief” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • tief” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • tief” in Duden online

Old Frisian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tiēf m

  1. Old West Frisian form of thiāf

References

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 115