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# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kirsche

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​ Kirsche, feminine, from the equivalent Middle High German kirse, kërse (Alemannian chriesi), feminine, ‘cherry’ (for the change of s into sch compare Arsch and Hirsch). Old High German chirsa (*chirissa), feminine, is certainly not derived from Latin cerasum, but, like the cognate Romance words, from ceręsia (properly neuter plural of the adjective ceraseus?. Compare Greek κεράσιον, ‘cherry,’ κερασία, κερασέα, ‘cherry tree’), only with a Teutonic accent; the Alemannian form Kriese (from the primary form krêsia, which perhaps appears also in Istrian kriss and Servian kriješa), like Kirsche, is based too on the common primitive form with the Romance accent; Middle Latin *cerę́sea (Italian ciregia, French cerise); compare also Old Slovenian črěšĭnja (primitively Slavonic *čers-, from *kers-?). The adoption of the word by High German occurred before the 7th century, as is shown by the preservation of the initial c as k in High German. For a discussion of the period at which the word was ​borrowed, and of the gender of the Southern terms for fruit, see Pflaume.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kissen

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​ Kissen, Küssen, neuter, ‘cushion,’ from Middle High German küssen, küssîn, Old High German chussī̆n, neuter, ‘cushion’; compare Dutch kussen, ‘cushion.’ The German word is derived (compare Pfühl and Flaum) from the equivalent Middle Latin cussînus (French coussin), which comes from Latin *culcitinum, allied to culcita, ‘mattress, cushion’; English cushion and Italian cuscino are modern French loan-words. The i of Modern High German Kissen comes from Middle German and Upper German dialects (compare Pilz and Bims).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kiste

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​ Kiste, feminine, ‘box,’ from Middle High German kiste, Old High German chista, feminine, ‘box, chest’; compare Dutch kist, Anglo-Saxon čest, čîste, English chest, Old Icelandic kista, ‘box.’ In Gothic a cognate term is wanting. The assumption that the Teutonic languages borrowed Latin cista (Greek κίστη) at a very early period, at any rate long before the change of the initial c of cista into tz, presents no greater difficulty than in the case of Arche; compare Korb, Koffer, and Sack. Hence between Kasten and Kiste there is no etymological connection; the first has no cognate term in Latin.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kitt

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​ Kitt, masculine, from the equivalent Middle High German küte, küt, masculine, ‘cement, putty,’ Old High German chuti, quiti, ‘glue, birdlime,’ which makes it probable that the Gothic form was *qidus; compare also Anglo-Saxon cwidu, ‘resin of trees.’ Primitively allied to Latin bitumen, Sanscrit jatu, ‘resin of trees’; common type getú. Allied also to Old Icelandic kváða, Swedish kåda, ‘resin,’ Middle English code, ‘pitch.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kittel

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​ Kittel, masculine, ‘smock-frock,’ from Middle High German kitel, kittel, masculine, ‘smock-frock, shirt, chemise.’ Anglo-Saxon cyrtel, English kirtle, Old Icelandic kyrtell, on account of the medial r and the abnormal dental correspondence, cannot be compared (they are allied to kurz). Its connection with χιτών is impossible. The origin of the High German word has not been explained. The strong suspicion that it has been borrowed cannot be proved.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kladde

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​ Kladde, feminine, ‘rough draft, day-book,’ Modern High German only, from Low German kladde, ‘impurity, dirt,’ then ‘rough draft’; further details for the elucidation of the Low German word (compare klaterig) are wanting.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Klafter

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​ Klafter, neuter, masculine, and feminine, ‘fathom,’ from Middle High German klâfter, feminine, masculine, and neuter, Old High German ​chlâftra, feminine, ‘length of the outstretched arms, fathom’; for a similar development of meaning compare Elle, Faden, also Spanne and Fuß. Gothic *klêftra or *klêftri, feminine, is wanting, so too the corresponding forms in the cognate languages. Its connection with Anglo-Saxon clyppan, English to clip, ‘to embrace,’ Swiss χlupfel, ‘armful of hay’ (Teutonic root klē̆p), makes it probable that the word is related to Lithuanian glěbti, ‘to encircle with the arms,’ glėbýs, ‘armful,’ glóbti, ‘to embrace’ (root glêb). The Middle High German variant lâfter (lâhter), feminine and neuter, ‘fathom,’ is obscure.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Klage

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​ Klage, feminine, from the equivalent Middle High German klage, Old High German chlaga, feminine, ‘complaint,’ properly ‘a wail as an expression of pain’; wanting in all the early periods of the Old Teutonic languages except Old High German; adopted as a legal term in Modern Icelandic in the form of klögun. ModHG and Middle High German klagen, from Old High German chlagôn. The pre-Teutonic root is probably glak or glagh; yet cognates are wanting.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zehntel

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​ Zehntel, see Teil. Comp. also -zig.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zeidler

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​ Zeidler, m., ‘keeper of bees, from the equiv. MidHG. zîdelœre, OHG. zîdalâri, m.; a derivative of OHG. zîdal-, MidHG. zîdel-, espec. in the compound zîdalweida, MidHG. zîdelweide, ‘forest in which bees are kept.’ This zîdal (pre-HG. *tîþlo- probably appears also in LG. tielbär, ‘honey-bear’) does not occur in any other OTeut. dialect, but it is not necessary on that account to assume a foreign origin for the word. The word is supposed to have come from Slav. territory, where the keeping of bees is widely spread, being based on OSlov. bĭčela, ‘keeper of bees’ (comp. Lebkuchen); but this derivation is not quite probable. Its connection with Seidelbast (MidHG. zîdel-, sîdelbast) and Zeiland is equally uncertain.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zeiland

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​ Zeiland, m., ‘spurge laurel,’ from the equiv. MidHG. zîlant; scarcely allied to MidHG. zîl, ‘briar’; more probably connected with Seidelbast. Comp. Zeidler.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zeisig

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​ Zeisig, m., ‘siskin,’ from the equiv. MidHG. zîsec, usually zîse, f. Borrowed, like Stieglitz and Kiebitz, from Slav. (Pol. czyż, Bohem. čižek), whence also LG. ziseke, sieske, Du. sijsje. E. siskin, Dan. sisgen, Swed. siska.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zeitlose

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​ Zeitlose, f., ‘meadow saffron,’ from MidHG. zîtlôse, OHG. zîtilôsa; the name of the plant is due to the fact that it does not bloom at the ordinary period of flowering plants. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zeh

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​ Zeh, m. and f., ‘toe,’ from the equiv. MidHG. zéhe, OHG. zéha, f.; corresponding to Du. teen, AS. tâhœ, tâ, E. toe, and the equiv. OIc. tá. Beside the base taihôn, taihwôn (Bav. zéchen and Swab. zaichen), assumed by these forms, MidHG. and LG. dialects prove the existence of a variant taiwón (from taigwôn, taihwôn); Swiss and MidRhen. zêb, zêbe, Franc. and Henneberg. zêwe, Thuring. zîwe. Pre-Teut. daiqâ-n, ‘toe,’ is usually connected with Gr. δάκτυλος (Lat. digitus?) ‘finger,’ which, on account of the sounds, is, however, improbable, especially as the Teut. word is always used in the sense of ‘toe.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zeichen

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​ Zeichen, n., ‘sign, mark, token, signal, ​symptom, indication,’ from the equiv. MidHG. zeichen, OHG. zeihhan, n.; corresponding to OSax. têkan, Du. teeken, AS. tâcn, E. token, and the equiv. Goth. taikns. A derivative of the Aryan root dī̆g, dī̆k, which appears also in zeihen and zeigen; this root with k is contained further in AS. tœ̂čęan, E. to teach (comp. the g of Lat. dignus, prodigium, and of Gr. δεῖγμα). — Der. zeichnen, vb., ‘to mark, draw, delineate,’ from MidHG. zeichenen, OHG. zeihhanen; lit. ‘to furnish with marks.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zeile

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​ Zeile, f., ‘line, row, rank,’ from the equiv. MidHG. zîle, OHG. zîla, f. (late MidHG. also ‘lane’). A specifically HG. derivative of the Teut. root tī̆ from which Ziel and Zeit are also derived.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zeit

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​ Zeit, f., ‘time, epoch, period, tense,’ from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. zit, f. and n. (OHG. zîd, n.); corresponding to OSax. tîd, Du. tijd, AS. tîd, E. tide (comp. Du. tij, which is also used of the flow of the sea). The root of Teut. tî-di-, ‘time,’ is tî-, as is proved by the equiv. OIc. tíme, AS. tîma, E. time (comp. Goth. hweila under Weile). A corresponding Aryan root dī̆ is presupposed by Sans. a-diti, ‘unlimited in time and space, unending, endless’ (the name of the goddess Aditi). Other Teut. derivatives of the same root are Zeile and Ziel, which also point to the ‘limitless in time or space’. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zeder

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​ Zeder, f., ‘cedar,’ from MidHG. zëder (cêder), m.; from Gr.-Lat. cedrus (OHG. cêdarboum).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/G

* A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - Z
* Gabe
* gäbe
* Gabel
* gackern
* Gaden
* gaffen
* gähe
* gähnen
* Galgant
* Galgen
* Gallapfel
* Galle
* Galle
* Gallerte
* Galmei
* Galopp
* Gamander
* Ganerbe
* Gang
* gänge
* Gans
* Gänserich
* Gant
* ganz
* gar
* Garbe
* Garbe
* gären
* Garn
* garstig
* Garten
* Gas
* Gasse
* Gast
* gäten
* gätlich
* Gatte
* Gatter
* Gau
* Gauch
* Gaudieb
* Gaukler
* Gaul
* Gaumen
* Gauner
* ge-
* gebären
* Gebärde
* geben
* Gebet
* Gebiet
* Gebirge
* Gebresten
* Gebühr
* Geburt
* Geck
* Gedächtnis
* Gedanke
* gedeihen
* gediegen
* Geduld
* gedunsen
* Gefahr
* Gefährte
* gefallen
* Gefängnis
* Gefäß
* Gefieder
* Gefilde
* geflissen
* gegen
* Gegend
* Gegenwart
* gehaben
* Gehege
* geheim
* gehen
* geheuer
* Gehren
* Geier
* Geifer
* Geige
* geil
* Geisel
* Geisel
* Geist
* Geiß
* Geiz
* Gekröse
* Gelage
* Geländer
* Gelaß
* gelb
* Geld
* gelegen
* Gelegenheit
* gelegentlich
* Gelenk
* Gelichter
* gelingen
* gellen
* geloben
* gelt
* gelt
* Gelte
* gelten
* Gelze
* Gemach
* Gemächt
* Gemahl
* gemäß
* gemein
* Gemse
* Gemüll
* gen
* genau
* genehm
* genesen
* Genick
* genießen
* Genosse
* Genossame
* genug
* Ger
* gerad
* gerade
* Gerät
* geraum
* Geräusch
* gerben
* gerecht
* Gerfalke
* Gericht
* gering
* gern
* Gerste
* Gerte
* Geruch
* Gerücht
* geruhen
* Gerüst
* gesamt
* Geschäft
* geschehen
* gescheit
* Geschichte
* geschickt
* Geschirr
* geschlacht
* Geschmeide
* Geschmeiß
* Geschoß
* geschweige
* geschweigen
* geschwind
* Geschwister
* Geschwulst
* Geschwür
* Geselle
* Gesetz
* Gesicht
* Gesims
* Gesinde
* Gespan
* Gespenst
* Gest
* Gestade
* gestalt
* gestatten
* gestehen
* gestern
* Gestirn
* Gestöber
* Gesträuch
* Gestrüpp
* Gestüppe
* Gestüt
* gesund
* Getreide
* getreu
* getrost
* Gevatter
* gewahr
* gewahren
* gewähren
* Gewalt
* Gewand
* gewandt
* gewärtig
* Gewehr
* Geweih
* Gewerbe
* Gewicht
* gewiegt
* gewinnen
* Gewissen
* gewiß
* Gewitter
* gewogen
* gewöhnen
* Gicht
* gicksen
* Giebel
* Giebel
* Gienmuschel
* Gier
* gießen
* Gift
* Gilbe
* Gilde
* Gimpel
* Ginst
* Gipfel
* Gips
* girren
* Gischt
* Gitter
* Glanz
* Glas
* Glast
* glatt
* Glatze
* Glaube
* gleich
* Gleichen
* Gleichnis
* gleichsam
* Gleise
* Gleiß
* gleißen
* Gleißner
* gleiten
* Gletscher
* Glied
* Gliedmaßen
* glimmen
* Glimpf
* glitzern
* Glocke
* glosten
* glotzen
* Glück
* Glucke
* Glufe
* glühen
* Gnade
* Gnenn
* Gold
* Golf
* gönnen
* Gosse
* Gote
* Gott
* Götze
* Grab
* Grad
* Graf
* gram
* Gran
* Granal
* Grand
* Granne
* Grans
* grapsen
* Gras
* gräßlich
* Grat
* grau
* Gräuel
* Graupe
* Graus
* Grauß
* Greif
* greifen
* greinen
* greis
* grell
* Grempelmarkt
* Grensing
* Grenze
* Greuel
* Griebe
* Griebs
* Griesgram
* Grieß
* Griffel
* Grille
* grimm
* Grimm
* Grimmen
* Grind
* grinsen
* Grippe
* grob
* grollen
* Groppe
* Gros
* Groschen
* groß
* Grotte
* Grotzen
* Grube
* grübeln
* Grummet
* grün
* Grund
* Grünspan
* grunzen
* gruseln
* Gruß
* Grütze
* gucken
* Gulden
* Gülte
* Gundelrebe
* Günsel
* Gunst
* Gurgel
* Gurke
* gürren
* Gurt
* Gürtel
* Guß
* gut
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Gabel

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​ Gabel, f., ‘fork, shafts (of a vehicle),’ from the equiv. MidHG. gabele, gabel, OHG. gabala, gabal, f.; corresponding to Du. gaffel (hence ModIc. gaffall, ‘fork’), AS. rarely, geaful, m., ‘fork’ (for which, even in the AS. period, forc, E. fork occurs). Gabel seems to be related by gradation to Giebel, and in that case the oldest shape of the fork must have been a sort of acute angle like a gable. Yet the supposition that the word was borrowed is not to be rejected, especially since ‘the form of an acute angle’ can hardly be the prim. meaning of Giebel. Note the correspondence with Kelt. words; OIr. gabul, ‘fork,’ gabhla, ‘shears,’ W. gebel, ‘tongs,’ Lat. gabalus ‘(gable-shaped) gallows’; to these also OInd. gábhasti, ‘fork, shaft,’ may be allied, in which case it would follow that the West Teut. Gabel is perhaps primit. allied to the Kelt. class.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Gaden

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​ Gaden, Gadem, m. and n., ‘room, cottage, storey,’ from MidHG. and MidLG. gaden, gadem, n., ‘house containing one room only,’ then generally ‘apartment, chamber,’ OHG. gadum, gadaum, n.; orig. a merely UpG. word, which found its way, however, even into LG. Akin to Goth. *gatm (from ga- and tmo-, the latter related to Gr. δόμος, μεσό-δμη, and HG. Zimmer)?. Less probably allied to AS. geat, E. gate (comp. Du. gat, ‘opening,’ under Gasse). At all events, the connection with Gr. χιτών, ‘garment,’ is impossible.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Galgant

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​ Galgant, m., ‘galangal,’ from the equiv. MidHG. galgan, galgân, galgant, m.; comp. MidE. galingale, E. galangal; a medicinal herb of the Middle Ages, known under the same name to Rom. (comp. Ital. galanga, Fr. galanga — MidLat. galanga; also Mid ​Gr. γαλάγγα). The origin of the term has probably been rightly ascribed to the East; some etymologists compare it with Arab galang.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Fülle

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​ Fülle, f., ‘abundance, plenty,’ from MidHG. vülle, OHG. fullî, ‘fulness’; comp. Goth. ufarfallei, f., ‘superabundance.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Füllen

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​ Füllen, n., from the equiv. MidHG. vülîn, OHG. fulîn, n., besides MidHG. vüle, OHG. fulî, n., ‘foal’; for the affix -în-, denoting the young of animals, see under Schwein. Based upon Fohlen (Goth fula); hence *ful-ein, n. has to be assumed in Goth.; comp. MidLG. völen, Du. veulen, OIc. fyl. Another derivative of ful- is OHG. fulihha, MidHG. vülhe, f., ‘filly,’ pointing to Goth. *fuliki.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Fürst

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​ Fürst, m., ‘‘sovereign, chief, prince,’ from MidHG. vürste, m., ‘the highest, most distinguished, ruler, prince,’ OHG. furisto, OSax. furisto, Du. vorst, ‘prince’; like Herr, simply a Ger. form. Just as Herr is orig. a compar. of hehr, so is Fürst prop. a superlat. meaning ‘first’; comp. OHG. furist, AS. fyrst, E. first, OIc. fyrstr; Goth. *faúrista is wanting; the corresponding compar. is OHG. furiro, ‘the former, preferable,’ OIc. fyrre, ‘former.’ The usual OSax. and AS. word for ‘first’ is formo, forma, with the suffix ma (Goth. fruma); from Aryan pṛ like Gr. πρόμος, Sans. pûrva-s, OSlov. prŭvŭ, Lith. pírmas, ‘first.’ It is evident that also vor, für, fort, &c., are derivatives of this Aryan root pṛ.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Füllsel

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​ Füllsel, n., ‘stuffing,’ from the equiv. late MidHG. vülsel, n.; a derivative of voll with modification; for the suffix -sel, from OHG. isal, Goth. isl, see Rätsel.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Gabe

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​ Gabe, f., ‘gift,’ from the equiv. MidHG. gâbe, f.; OHG. *gâba and Goth. *gêba are wanting; instead OHG. gëba (MidHG. gëbe with the dial. variant gippe), f., occurs, OSax. gëba, AS. gifu, OIc. gjǫf, Goth. giba, f., ‘gift.’ The forms corresponding to the assumed Goth. *gêba are seen in Du. gaaf and OSwed. gáfa.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/zeigen

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​ zeigen, ‘to show, point out, demonstrate,’ from MidHG. zeigen, OHG. zeigôn, str. vb., ‘to show, indicate’; a specifically HG. derivative of the Teut. str. verbal root tī̆h, ModHG. zeihen. The latter comes from MidHG. zîhen, str. vb., ‘to accuse of, depose concerning,’ OHG. zîhan, ‘to accuse'; also ModHG. verzeihen, ‘to pardon,’ MidHG. verzîhen, OHG. frizîhan, ‘to deny, refuse pardon.’ Based on the Aryan str. verbal root dik (for dig see Zeichen); comp. Sans. diç, ‘to exhibit, produce, direct to,’ Gr. δείκνυμι, ‘to show,’ Lat. dico, ‘to say.’ The primary meaning of the root is preserved by Zeichen and zeigen, as well as by Goth. gateihan, ‘to announce, narrate, proclaim, say’; comp. the compounds OSax. aftîhan, AS. ofteón, ‘to deny.’ In HG. the word seems to have acquired a legal sense (comp. Lat. causidicus judex); comp. Inzicht.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/zerren

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​ zerren, vb., ‘to tug, tease, worry,’ from MidHG. and OHG. zerren, wk. vb., ‘to tear, cleave’; from the same root as zehren.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/zehnte

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​ zehnte, adj., ‘tenth,’ from MidHG. zëhende (zênde), OHG. zëhando; as subst. ‘a tenth, tithe.’ —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/zergen

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​ zergen, vb., ‘to torment, tease, vex’; ModHG. only. It may be identical with MidHG. zęrn (and zęrgen), OHG. zęrian (see zehren); yet Du. tergen, AS. tęrgan, ‘to tug, tease, worry’ (E. to tarry), point to a Goth. *targian, which with Russ. dergati, ‘to tear, tug,’ indicate an Aryan root dṛgh (comp. träge).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/zer-

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​ zer-, prefix from MidHG. zer- (MidG. zur- and zu-), OHG. zir-, zar-, zur-; a common West Teut. verbal prefix, meaning ‘asunder’; comp. OSax. ti, AS. tô. In Goth. only twis- occurs as a verbal prefix in twisstandan, ‘to separate’; the nominal Goth. prefix tuz- (OHG. zûr-, OIc. tor-) corresponds to Gr. δυς-, Sans. dus, ‘bad, difficult.’