Zeche

Meaning

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

Concepts

mine

drink money

drinking money

bill

colliery

Gender

♀️ Feminine

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.