tief

Senso

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

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/tiːf/

Etimologia

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.

Frasi

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

Il sole non è ancora così profondo che abbaglia.