Masculine

Gips

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) gypsum
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine, strong) ellipsis of Gipsverband (“cast for a broken bone”)

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gips

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

jips

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡɪps/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German gips, from late Old High German gips, from Proto-West Germanic *gips.

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