Feminine

Silbe

Meaning

  1. (feminine) syllable
  2. (feminine, figuratively) hyperbole for Wort (“word”) or Satz (“sentence”)

Frequency

27k
Dialects

Fribourg

Fribourg

sǜube

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzɪlbə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German silbe < sillebe < sillabe, from Old High German sillaba, borrowed from Latin syllaba.

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