Eis

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Meaning

  1. (neuter,strong) ice
  2. (Austria,Germany,neuter,strong) ice cream

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

iisch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

yys

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/aɪ̯s/
Etymology

From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from French glace.

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New
Ei

  1. (neuter,strong) egg (all biological senses)
  2. (neuter,strong) something egg-shaped
  3. (informal,neuter,plural-normally,strong) testicle; ball (also figuratively)
  4. (colloquial,in-plural,neuter,strong) bucks (money)
  5. (colloquial,derogatory,mildly,neuter,strong,usually,vocative) clown; foolish bloke

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