Gift

Bedeutung (Englisch)

poison; toxin; venom

Konzepte

Gift

Giftstoff

Toxin

Toxikum

Schaden

Unheil

Übel

giftige Substanz

Narkotikum

schädliche Chemikalie

toxische Substanz

Arznei

Dünger

Medikament

Medizin

Teufelszeug

Unkraut

giftig

toxisch

Boshaftigkeit

Zorn

Rattengift

wasserlöslicher Giftstoff

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɡɪft/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle High German gift f (“gift, present”), Old High German gift f (“gift”), from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz, which is a derivation of *gebaną (“to give”). Cognate with English gift.
The word has been used as a euphemism for "poison" since Old High German, a semantic loan from Late Latin dosis (“dose”), from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “gift; dose of medicine”). The original meaning "gift" has disappeared in contemporary Standard German, but remains in some compounds (see Mitgift). Compare also Dutch gift (“gift”) alongside gif (“poison”).