Neuter
Ungeziefer
Meaning
- (collective, neuter, strong, uncountable) vermin; pests; restricted to small animals, usually insects or spiders, sometimes also mice, etc.
- (countable, neuter, rare, strong) a vermin animal; a despised creature
Concepts
Synonyms
Viehzeug
wildes Tier
schädliches Insekt
Translations
vermine
ongedierte
bicho
haşarat
cuca
bichosFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
gschmeis
Basel-Landschaft
un’giziifer
Basel-Landschaft
unziifer
Basel-Landschaft
viich
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʊnɡəˌt͡siːfɐ/
Etymology
In summary
From early modern German ungeziffer, Ungezieffer, a variant form of Middle High German ungezibere. These pertain to Old High German zebar (“sacrificial animal”) and hence originally meant “animals unsuitable for sacrifice”, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tībrą (“offering, sacrifice, victim”). The word is rarely attested in medieval texts due to suppression of words reminiscent of heathen practices, but must have survived in lower registers.
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