Neuter
Frequency

A2
Dialects

Fribourg

Fribourg

byyspìù

Fribourg

Fribourg

byspil

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

mischterli

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

muschter

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

stiggli

Zürich

Zürich

bsp

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bispiel

Zürich

Zürich

bispiele

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

byspiil

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbaɪ̯ʃpiːl/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German bīspil, bīspel, from Old High German bīspel (“proverb", "example”), equivalent to bī- (“by-”) + spel (“talk”), the latter from Proto-Germanic *spellą (“news, message, tale”). Cognate with Old English bīspel (“proverb", "example”), English byspel (“example”). Unrelated to spielen (“to play”).

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