Masculine

Sims

Meaning

  1. (masculine, neuter, strong) horizontal protrusion or ridge on a wall etc.
  2. (masculine, neuter, strong) horizontal protrusion or ridge on a wall etc.

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

simse

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/zɪms/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German simez, from Old High German simiz. Lacking cognates in Germanic, therefore usually connected to Latin sima (“horizontal element at the top of a column”), perhaps through Late Latin simatus.

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