tief

Betekenis

Adj

1. (also,figuratively) deep
2. low (situated close to, or below, the ground)
3. (Switzerland,figuratively) low (small, not high in amount or quantity, value, etc.)

Adv

1. deeply, profoundly
2. thoroughly, in depth

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/tiːf/

Etimologie

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

Sinne

Noch steht die Sonne nicht so tief , dass sie blendet .

The sun is not yet so low that it dazzles.