Feminine

Wiege

Meaning

  1. (feminine) cradle
  2. (feminine, figuratively) infancy, origin
  3. (feminine) rocking blotter, blotting-paper rocker

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

waagle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈviːɡə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German wige (“cradle”), from Old High German wīga, wiega, referring to movement and therefore likely related to Proto-West Germanic *waggjan (“to cause to move”).

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