Feminine

Meise

Meaning

tit, chickadee (small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae)

Frequency

37k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

maise

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmaɪ̯zə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German meise, from Old High German meisa, from Proto-West Germanic *maisā, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (“chickadee”).

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