Weizen

Concepts

wheat

corn

🌽

barley

grain

wheats

oat

cereal

wheat

common wheat

Synonyms

Getreide

Gerste

Korn

Weizenbier

Weißbier

Hafer

Weiße

Hefeweizen

Moos

Roggen

Geld

💸

Translations

blé

trigo

frumento

trigo

tarwe

buğday

froment

grano

blat

σιτάρι

triticum

weit

قمح

genim

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvaɪ̯tsən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: weize

Inherited from Old High German: weizi

Cognate with Luxembourgish: Weess

Cognate with Hunsrik: Weize

Cognate with Dutch: weit

Cognate with Low German: Weten

Cognate with Western Frisian: weet

Cognate with English: wheat

In summary

From Middle High German weize, weizze, weitze, from Old High German weizi, weizzi.
The originally predominant High German form was Weiße(n) (perhaps still in Weißbier; see there). The form with [ts] was a chiefly southern variant, which was standardised probably to avoid the homophony with the adjective weiß. Cognate with Luxembourgish Weess, Hunsrik Weize, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, West Frisian weet, English wheat.