Feminine

Seide

Meaning

  1. (feminine) silk
  2. (feminine) Any of several parasitic vines, of the genus Cuscuta, having small white flowers but no leaves.

Concepts

silk fabrics

silk cloth

silk used in artwork

Synonyms

Seidenstoff

Seidenglanz

Teufelszwirn

Seiden…

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

syyde

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzaɪ̯də/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German sīde, from Old High German sīda, from Proto-West Germanic *sīdā (“silk”).

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