Prise

Meaning

1. (feminine) pinch, dash (amount that can be held between thumb, index and middle finger, of salt, flour, powder etc.)
2. (feminine) prize (captured ship or freight)
3. (feminine, figuratively) booty, spoils (in general)

Concepts

pinch

dash

💨

easy victory

booty

prize

spoils of war

particle

Synonyms

Beute

Beutegut

Spur

Kriegsbeute

Raubgut

Plündergut

Partikel

Schleier

Schnupftabak

Touch

Stückchen

Teilchen

Tick

Trophäe

🏆

Winzigkeit

zwicken

Anflug

bisschen

Quäntchen

Biss

Messerspitze

Bissen

Happen

Hauch

kneifen

Translations

pincée

pizca

tutam

prise

pezzettino

presa

un po’ di sale

un po’ di zucchero

partícula

pellizco

fragmento pequeño

dedada

pulgarada

poco de azúcar o sal

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

bryyse

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpʁiːzə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French: prise

In summary

Ca. 1400, from Middle French prise (“spoils”), from prendre (“to take”). The monophthongal form and the restriction to nautical context probably established themselves under influence of Middle Low German prîse, from the same source. The diphthongised form is preserved in preisgeben (“to surrender, relinquish”). The sense “pinch” (18th c.) is a renewed loan from Modern French.

Sentences

Können Sie mir irgendwo eine Prise davon besorgen ?

Can you get me a pinch of it somewhere?