Kreis

Meaning

  1. (masculine,strong) circle
  2. (figuratively,masculine,strong) range, scope
  3. (masculine,strong) a type of territorial administrative division, district

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

grais

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

rundummel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kʁaɪ̯s/
Etymology

From Middle High German kreiz, from Old High German kreiz, from Proto-West Germanic *krait, from Proto-Germanic *kraitaz. Compare the semantic development of the descendants of Proto-Slavic *krajь (eg. Czech kraj, Russian край (kraj)), *okrǫgъ (eg. Polish okręg, Serbo-Croatian okrug).

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