Wiese
Meaning
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- (feminine) meadow
- (feminine) lawn, especially a large one, loosely also a smaller one
Concepts
Synonyms
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
matte
Basel-Landschaft
raase
Basel-Landschaft
waase
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈviːzə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German wise, from Old High German wisa, perhaps related with Proto-Germanic *wasô, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to increase”). See also Middle Dutch wese, Middle Low German wēse, and the diminutives Old Saxon wiska, Middle Low German wische; also Old English wise (“stalk, sprout”), Old Norse vísir (“sprout, bud”), Lithuanian veisti (“propagate”). Related to Wasen and Rasen.
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