Zeche

Meaning

1. (feminine) mine, pit
2. (feminine) bill

Concepts

mine

bill

colliery

drink money

drinking money

Synonyms

Gastmahl

Gelage

Bankett

Festessen

Bergwerk

Mine

Gilde

Innung

Tagebau

Grube

Geld zum Trinken

Verzehr

Pütt

Abbaufirma

Abbauunternehmen

Kostennote

Kohlengrube

Rechnung

Trinkgeld

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

iirte

Basel-Landschaft

iirti

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

From Middle High German zeche, from Old High German *zëhhôn (attested in gizëhôn (“to arrange, regulate”)), from Proto-Germanic *tēwō (“order, array”), source of Gothic 𐍄𐌴𐍅𐌰 (tēwa), perhaps with influence from *teuhaną (“to pull”).
Related to German zechen, Middle High German zechen, Old High German zehōn, Old English tēohhian, tiohhian (“to arrange”), intensive variants of German ziehen, Middle High German ziehen, Old High German ziohan, Old English tēon (“to pull”). Also Middle Low German teche.

Sentences

Noch im selben Jahr wurde die Zeche Sterkrade ein selbstständiges Bergwerk .

In the same year, the Sterkrade colliery became an independent mine.