Geiss

See also: geiss, Geiß, and géiss

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German geiz, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayd-. Cognate with German Geiß, Dutch geit, English goat, Icelandic geit, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits); and with Latin haedus (“kid”).

Pronunciation
  • (Alsatian) IPA(key): /ɡais/, /kais/

Noun

Geiss f

  1. (Alsatian, Uri) goat
  2. (Uri) she-goat

Derived terms

References
  • Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co. p. 28: "gæıss f. Ziege", p. 51: "gæıss Ziege"

German

Noun

Geiss f (genitive Geiss, plural Geissen, diminutive Geisslein n)

  1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Geiß.

Declension
Declension of Geiss [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Geiss die Geissen
genitive einer der Geiss der Geissen
dative einer der Geiss den Geissen
accusative eine die Geiss die Geissen
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