Feminine

Strophe

Meaning

  1. (feminine) stanza (a unit of a poem)
  2. (feminine) verse (a section of a song)

Frequency

25k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gsätzli

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gsetzli

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

väärs

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”).

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