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# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/kühn

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​ kühn, adj., ‘bold, daring,’ from MidHG. küen, küene, OHG. chuoni, ‘bold, eager for combat, strong’; comp. the non-mutated variant in the MidHG. and OHG. derivative kuonheit, ‘boldness,’ and in the OHG. adv. chuono. It corresponds to MidLG. koene, Du. koen, AS. cêne, ‘bold,’ E. keen (the adj. is obsolete in Suab. and Bav.); Scand. kœ́nn, ‘wise, experienced.’ The latter must at one time have been the prevalent sense in West Teut. also, as is proved by the ModHG. proper name Konrad; OHG. and MidHG. Kuonrât (without mutation, like OHG. and MidHG. kuonheit), AS. Cênrêd (Goth. *Kônirêþs), may have meant ‘giving wise advice.’ Teut. kôn-i- (lit. ‘one that can understand, sensible’) is orig. a verbal adj. from the vb. kennen, können, hence the West Teut. sense ‘bold,’ compared with the OIc. meaning, must be regarded as derivative. All intellectual and moral conceptions of the OTeut. period are related more or less to war and conflict (comp. bald, schnell, and Krieg).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schüssel

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​ Schüssel, f., ‘dish, platter,’ from the equiv. MidHG. schüȥȥel, OHG. scuȥȥila, f.; comp. Du. schotel, ‘dish,’ AS. scutel, OIc. skutell, m., ‘dish, small table.’ With regard to the meaning see Tisch, with which it was borrowed, probably contemporaneously (about the 6th cent.) with the adoption of Roman cookery, from Lat. scutula, scutella, ‘small dish.’ Comp. further from the same source AS. scutel, E. scuttle; also Fr. écuelle (scutella), Ital. scodella, ‘bowl.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schütze

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​ Schütze, m., ‘marksman, archer,’ from MidHG. schütze, m., ‘cross-bowman,’ also late MidHG., ‘beginner, young pupil’ (to which ModHG. ABC-schütze, ‘pupil beginning to read, tyro,’ is allied); OHG. scuzzo, m., ‘sagitarius’ (equiv. to AS. sčytta, Goth. *skutja). Allied to the root skū̆t; see schießen.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Sechter

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​ Sechter, m., ‘two pecks,’ from MidHG. sëhter, sëster, sëhster, m., ‘a dry measure,’ OHG. sëhtâri, sëhstâri, ‘two pecks (about)'; derived, like OSax. sëster, from Lat. sextarius, whence also AS. sëster, Ital. sestiere, Fr. setier.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Seckel

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​ Seckel, m., ‘purse, bag, pocket,’ from MidHG. sęckel, OHG. sęcchil, m., ‘purse’; dimin. of Sack, Lat. sacellum; comp. OFr. sachel, E. satchel.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schüppe

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​ Schüppe, f., ‘spade, shovel,’ ModHG., only, from East MidG. and LG. schüppe, comp. Du. schup, schop, ‘shovel, spade,’ allied to schupfen. — Schüppen, ‘spade (at cards),’ is identical with Schüppe, and is formed on the model of Fr. pique. Comp. Du. schoppen, ‘spade (at cards).’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Sebenbaum

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​ Sebenbaum, m., ‘savin (species of juniper),’ from the equiv. MidHG. sęvenboum, OHG. sęvina, sęvinboum, formed from Lat. sabîna (arbor Sabina, lit. ‘Sabine tree’); corresponding to AS. safine, E. savin.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/See

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​ See, m. and f., ‘lake, sea,’ from MidHG. sê, m. and f., ‘sea, lake, ocean’ (the masc. predominates, and is used without distinction in all the senses); OHG. sêo, m., ‘sea, ocean,’ and in these significations occur OSax. sêo, Du. see, f., AS. sœ̂, m. and f., E. sea; OIc. sœ́r, m., ‘ocean’; Goth. saiws, m., ‘lake, marsh.’ The common Teut. *saiwi-, ‘ocean, lake,’ does not belong to any Teut. verbal stem; Lat. saevus, ‘savage’ (Gr. ἀιόλος, ‘mobile’), seems to be allied (See, lit. ‘the savage element’). While See is peculiar to Teut., Meer is common to some of the West Aryan languages.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schüte

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​ Schüte, f., ‘barge, ferryboat,’ ModHG. only, derived, like Du. schuit and E. skute, from OIc. skúta, f., ‘small swift boat.’ Allied to the root skū̆t, ‘to shoot’ (see schießen). With regard to ModHG. ü comp. Büse.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Sech

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​ Sech, n., ‘coulter,’ from MidHG. sëch, OHG. sëh (hh), n., ‘mattock, ploughshare’ (Goth. *sika- is wanting); allied, like Sichel and Senfe, to a Teut. root seh, seg, sek, from Aryan sek, seg.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Löwe

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​ Löwe, masculine, ‘lion,’ from the equivalent Middle High German lęwe, lëwe (louwe, löuwe), Old High German lëwo, lęwo (louwo), masculine; compare Old Saxon and Anglo-Saxon leo, Dutch leeuw; undoubtedly a loan-word, since there is no common Teutonic and no old Aryan term for ‘lion.’ Latin leo, however, does not suffice to explain all the German forms of Middle Europe. Old High German louwo and Middle High German löuwe, ‘lion,’ are specially abnormal (English lion is derived from French lion). These late occurring Old High German forms with ou are preserved in Modern High German names of places and streets, such as Lauenburg, Lauengasse. The Middle High German feminine lunze (also lewinne), ‘lioness,’ still remains obscure.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lünse

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​ Lünse, feminine, ‘linch-pin,’ from the equivalent late Middle High German luns, lunse; compare Old Saxon lunisa, Dutch luns, lens. In Old High German lun, luna, Middle High German lun, lune, feminine, also Old High German luning, Middle High German lüninc, lüner, ‘lungs’; compare Anglo-Saxon lynes, masculine, English linch-pin (Gothic *lunisi is wanting); it may have been formed like Gothic aqizi, jukuzi. Some etymologists connect these cognates with the Aryan root lu, ‘to loosen,’ discussed under verlieren, so that Lünse is literally ‘peg for loosening the wheel.’ Compare further Anglo-Saxon âlynnan, ‘to release.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lüderlich

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​ Lüderlich, see liederlich.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lümmel

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​ Lümmel, masculine, ‘lubber, scoundrel,’ first occurs in Modern High German; probably derived from the antiquated adjective lumm, ‘relaxed, loose,’ which is based on Middle High German lüeme, Old High German luomi, ‘mild, languid’ (Middle High German lüemen, ‘to slacken, relax, be wearied’), and connected with lahm.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Läufel

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​ Läufel, Lauft, ‘shell’ (especially nutshell), a Hessian and Franconian word, corresponding to Old High German louft, ‘nutshell, bark of trees.’ Prim. cognate with Lithuanian lupinai, ‘peel, skins of fruit’ (lùpti, ‘to skin, peel’), Polish lupina, ‘husk,’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Löffel

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​ Löffel, masculine, ‘spoon, ladle,’ from the equivalent Middle High German lęffel, Old High German lęffil (lępfil), masculine; corresponding to Low German and Dutch lepel (whence Icelandic lepill, ‘spoon’), Derived from a Teutonic root lap, ‘to drink, lick,’ which is assumed by Old High German laffan, ‘to lick, Anglo-Saxon lapian, ‘to drink, lap’; further by Latin lambere, ‘to lick’; hence Löffel means literally ‘a utensil for sipping liquids’ (see Lefze and Lippe). The Scandinavian term is spánn, which was adopted in English as spoon (in Anglo-Saxon cucelêre, equivalent to Latin cochlear; see under Span.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lücke

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​ Lücke, feminine, ‘gap, chasm,’ from Middle High German lücke, lucke, Old High German lucka, from *luggja, feminine, ‘hole, gap,’ closely allied to locker (Middle High German loger, Upper German luck). The Upper German dialects contain a primary form *luggia (Swiss lugg, not lukχ), hence Old High German luccha, ‘gap,’ is abnormal. For this reason too the phonetic relation of the word to Loch is obscure.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lügner

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​ Lügner, masculine, ‘liar,’ from Middle High German lügenœre, Old High German luginâri. To this common Teutonic root lug (Aryan lugh), ‘to lie,’ Gothic liugan (preterite liugaida), ‘to marry,’ has no relation; the latter, like Old Frisian logia, ‘to marry,’ is connected rather with Old Irish luige, ‘oath’ (primitive form lughio-). Modern High German lügen is more probably allied to Old Slovenian lŭžą (lŭgati), ‘to lie,’ lŭža, ‘lie.’ From Teutonic, Italian (dialectic) luchina, ‘false story,’ is derived.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lüning

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​ Lüning, masculine, ‘sparrow’ (Low German), from the equivalent Old Saxon hliuning. Origin obscure.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gelegentlich

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​ gelegentlich, adjective, ‘occasional, incidental’ (and adverb), from Middle High German gelëgenlich, with an inserted t.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gelingen

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​ gelingen, verb, ‘to prove succeesful, from Middle High German gelingen, Old High German gilingan, strong verb, ‘to be successful, proper’; Middle High German also lingen, ‘to proper, advance, get on.’ Allied to Anglo-Saxon lungre, ‘quickly,’ from pre-Teutonic lughró-, to which the equivalent Greek ἐλαφρός also points; the Aryan root lengh (lngh) appears also in Sanscrit lañgh, ram̃h, to spring, get on.’ See leicht.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gelt

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​ gelt (1.), particle. See gelten.
gelt (2.), adjective, ‘giving no milk, barren,’ from the equivalent Middle High German and Old High German galt; corresponding to Old Icelandic geldr, Old Swedish galder, which have the same sense. They are connected perhaps with Old High German galza, Middle High German galze, Old Icelandic gǫltr, ‘gelded pig’ (English dialectic, gilt, ilt). The stem on which it is based, gald, galt (from pre-Teutonic ghalt, ghaltn-), perhaps meant originally ‘to castrate’; compare English to geld, Old Icelandic gelda, ‘to geld’; akin to Gothic gilþa, ‘sickle’?.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gelten

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​ gelten, verb, ‘to be worth, pass current, prove effectual,’ from Middle High German gëlten, Old High German gëltan, strong verb, ‘to repay, pay, cost, be worth, requite, compensate’; compare Gothic us-, fra-gildan, ‘to requite’ (akin to Gothic gild and gilstr, neuter, ‘tax’), Old Icelandic gjalda (Old Swedish, also gialla, from Teutonic gelþan), ‘to pay,’ Anglo-Saxon gildan, English to yield, Dutch gelden, ‘to be worth, cost,’ Old Saxon geldan. The common Teutonic stem gelþ, the þ of which is proved by Old Swedish from pre-Teutonic ghel-t, points to the fact that Old Slovenian žlědą, ‘I pay, atone for,’ was borrowed. The primary meaning of the Teutonic cognates is ‘to make good, pay over something’; it seems to be specially applied to religious sacrifices; compare Anglo-Saxon gild, Old Saxon gëld, ‘sacrifice’ (akin to Greek τέλθος, ‘duty’?). See Geld, Gilde. — The particle gelt, which first occurs in early Modern High German, is properly the subj. present of the verb gelten.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gemein

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​ gemein, adjective, ‘common, public; mean, vulgar,’ from Middle High German gemeine, Old High German gimeini, ‘belonging to one another, in common, universal, belonging to the great body’; an adjective common to Teutonic; compare Gothic gamains, ‘in common, joint, general, unholy,’ Anglo-Saxon gemœ̂ne, English mean, Dutch gemeen. The common Teutonic ga-maini-s is primitively allied to the equivalent Latin com-mûnis (for com-moini-s); compare Latin ûnus with Gothic ains, Aryan oino-s. Since ‘in common’ is the primary meaning of the class, Meineid (which see) cannot be very closely allied to its Old Teutonic cognates.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gemäß

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​ gemäß, adverb, ‘conformably, proportionally, suitably,’ from Middle High German gemœȥe, Old High German gimâȥȥi, adjective, ‘adapted’; akin to messen.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gellen

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​ gellen, verb, ‘to yell,’ from Middle High German gëllen, Old High German gëllan, strong verb, ‘to sound loud, cry’; corresponding to Dutch gillen, Anglo-Saxon gillan, Old Icelandic gjalla, ‘to resound’; allied to the Teutonic root gel, gal, ‘to resound.’ Compare Nachtigall.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/geloben

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​ geloben, verb ‘to promise, vow,’ from the equivalent Middle High German geloben, Old High German gilobôn (akin to loben); literally ‘to assent, applaud.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gelehrt

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​ gelehrt, gelahrt, participle, ‘learned,’ even in Middle High German gelêrt and gelârt, with the Modern High German sense, properly however, ‘one who is instructed’; compare Middle English ilœred, Scandinavian lœ̂rþr (compare doctus from docere).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gen

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​ gen, preposition, ‘against, towards,’ from the equivalent Middle High German gên, a variant of gein, gęgen. See gegen.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/lahm

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​ lahm, adj., ‘lame,’ from MidHG. and OHG. lam (gen. lames), ‘weak in the limbs, lame.’ The more general meaning, ‘weak in the limbs,’ is the orig. one, since an adj. with a different gradation belonging to the same stem — OHG. luomi, MidHG. lüeme — signifies ‘wearied, relaxed,’ and even ‘gentle.’ Yet OIc. lame, AS. lama, E. lame, OSax. lamo, and Du. lam, ‘lame,’ show that the prevalent ModHG. meaning is primitive (in Goth. halts, AS. halt, equiv. to Lat. claudus, Sans. khoḍa). An old lama-, ‘weak, infirm’ (from which Prov. lam is borrowed), suggests OSlov. lomlją (lomiti), ‘to break’ (root lam); Russ. lomóta, ‘rheumatic pains.’ Comp. also Scand. lemja, ‘to lame, disable.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/laben

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​ laben, vb., ‘to refresh,’ from MidHG. laben, OHG. labôn (comp. AS. gelafian), ‘to wash, quicken, refresh.’ If we take into consideration Tacitus' account of the fondness of the Teutons for bathing, we can readily conceive how the meaning ‘to refresh’ was evolved from ‘to wash’; the reverse course is also possible, as is shown perhaps by ModHG. sich erfrischen, sich stärken, in the sense of ‘to drink,’ The former is the more probable, on account of MidHG. lap (b), ‘bilge water’; there is, however, no connection with Lat. lavare, Gr. λούειν. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/laden

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​ laden (1.), vb., ‘to load, charge, burden,’ from the equiv. MidHG. laden, OHG. ladan (earlier hladan); corresponding to Goth. hlaþan, AS. hladan, E. to lade. The d of the AS. word compared with the þ of the Goth. and d of the HG. is abnormal; the irregularity is probably on the side of the Goth. and OHG., which produced a grammatical change as though the Aryan dental were t. In fact, however, it is dh (hladan, hlôd, hlôdum, hladans, not hlaþan, hlôþ, hlôdum, hladans); comp. OSlov. kladą (klasti), ‘to lay,’ which, with E. to lade, proves the existence of an Aryan root kladh. Comp. Last and Lade.
laden (2.), vb., ‘to summon, invite,’ from the equiv. MidHG. laden, OHG. ladôn; distinguished from laden (1) by the initial sound; laden, ‘onerare,’ had orig. initial hl, while laden, ‘invitare,’ has always had a simple l only; Goth. laþôn, ‘to summon,’ AS. laþian (obsolete in E.). The Teut. root is laþ, the meaning of which is indicated by Goth. laþôns, f., ‘calling, consolation, redemption,’ the adv. laþaleikô, ‘very willingly,’ and ModHG. Luder. Some such idea as ‘to treat affectionately, beg,’ must be regarded as the orig. sense; a root lat with this meaning has not yet been found in the other Aryan languages. Further, the word cannot possibly be connected with Gr. καλεῖν, κλη-τός, &c., to which ModHG. holen more probably belongs.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/lallen

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​ lallen, vb., ‘to stammer,’ from MidHG. ‘to speak indistinctly, stammer’; the corresponding OIc. lalla, ‘to totter like a child walking,’ shows a curious figurative application of the word. Gr. λαλεῖν, Lat. lallâre, and HG. lallen are scarcely cognate; they are rather independent imitative words separately coined in each language.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/lang

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​ lang, adj., ‘long,’ from the equiv. MidHG. lanc (g), OHG. (and OSax.) lang; it corresponds to AS. and E. long, Goth. laggs, OIc. langr, Du. and LG. lang. A common Teut. adj. primit. allied to Lat. longus; it also cognates, perhaps, with OPers. drânga, so that in Lat. and Teut. a dental (d or dh) may have been lost; Gr. δολιχός, OSlov. dlŭgŭ, Sans. dîrghás, ‘long,’ are certainly not allied. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/küssen

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​ küssen, vb., ‘to kiss,’ from MidHG. and MidLG. küssen, OHG. chussen; AS. cyssan, E. to kiss, OIc. kyssa.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/lachen

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​ lachen, vb., ‘to laugh,’ from the equiv. MidHG. lachen, OHG. lahhên, lahhan, earlier hlahhan; the hk of the HG. is due, according to Goth. hlahjan (pret. hlôh), ‘to laugh,’ to an older hj, AS. hlyhhan, E. to laugh, and the equiv. Du. lachen. In the non-Teut. languages the stem hlah, pre-Teut. klak (probably onomatopoetic, like the cognates of klingen or Lith. klegĕti, ‘to be noisy, laugh loudly’), is not positively authenticated. — Derivative Lache, f., ‘laugh,’ from MidHG. lache, f., ‘laughing,’ comp. E. laughter, AS. hleahtor, MidHG. lahter, ‘laughter.’ Lächeln, vb. ‘to smile,’ from MidHG. lęcheln, is a frequentative of lachen.