Ungeziefer

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (collective, neuter, strong, uncountable) vermin; pests; restricted to small animals, usually insects or spiders, sometimes also mice, etc.
2. (countable, neuter, rare, strong) a vermin animal; a despised creature

Sinonieme

Gewürm

Wanze

Insekt

Schädling

Kerl

Larve

Made

Motte

Raupe

🐛

Schädlinge

Schmarotzer

Stier

Störungen

Tier

🐾

Viehzeug

wildes Tier

Wurm

🪱

Kerbtier

Verärgerung

schädliches Insekt

Würmchen

Kerf

Bücherwurm

Krabbeltier

Grille

🦗

Holzwurm

Insekten

Vertalings

vermin

vermine

ongedierte

bicho

🐛

bug

🐛

insecte

haşarat

bichos

insecte nuisible

cuca

insect

insect

Dialekte

Kanton Basel-Land

gschmeis

Kanton Basel-Land

un’giziifer

Kanton Basel-Land

unziifer

Kanton Basel-Land

viich

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʊnɡəˌt͡siːfɐ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle High German: ungezibere

Geërf van Old High German: zebar

In summary

From early modern German ungeziffer, Ungezieffer, a variant form of Middle High German ungezibere. These pertain to Old High German zebar (“sacrificial animal”) and hence originally meant “animals unsuitable for sacrifice”, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tībrą (“offering, sacrifice, victim”). The word is rarely attested in medieval texts due to suppression of words reminiscent of heathen practices, but must have survived in lower registers.