thief

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. One who carries out a theft.
2. One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
3. (obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.

Konzepte

Dieb

Räuber

Einbrecher

Bösewicht

Schalk

Schelm

Schuft

Schurke

Diebstahl

Raub

Schaumkronen

weiß schäumende Wellen

Diebin

Gelegenheitsdieb

Langfinger

Taschendieb

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/θiːf/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þēof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Spelling from Northern England, where /eːo/ became [iə] rather than [eː]. (Compare the spelling of deep from Old English deop.)