Neuter
Meaning

  1. (neuter, strong) sign, token (object representing something)
  2. (neuter, strong) signal (gesture, command or other indication to announce or alert)
  3. (neuter, strong) sign, indication (fact that reveals an underlying state)
  4. (neuter, strong) sign, mark (glyph that communicates something)
  5. (neuter, strong) character
  6. (neuter, strong) sign, miracle, prodigy

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

zaiche

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtsaɪ̯çən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan (“sign, symbol”), from Proto-Germanic *taikną, *taiknaz (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”). Cognate with Dutch teken, Low German Teiken, English token, Danish tegn, Swedish tecken.

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