Ziege

Meaning

1. (feminine) goat
2. (derogatory,feminine,informal) a stupid, stubborn person (usually female)

Concepts

goat

🐐

goats

she-goat

lamb

🐑

nanny-goat

sheep

🐑

Goat

🐐

shegoat

Ziege

capra hircus

domestic goat

razorfish

jackalope

buck-goat

sabre carp

ziege

goat

🐐

bag

goat

🐐

billy goat

knife

🔪

Synonyms

Geiß

🐐

Zicke

Bock

Geißbock

Ziegenbock

Kitz

Hippe

Sichling

Bokkie

Alpensteinbock

Mutterziege

Lamm

🐑

Schaf

🐑

Zibbe

Zicklein

Bergziege

Geiss

capra Hircus

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

gaiss

Basel-Landschaft

yysebäänlerkue

St. Gallen

gizì

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as

Zie‧ge

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡siːɡə/

Etymology

From Middle High German zige, from Old High German ziga, from Proto-West Germanic *tigā. Ziege was originally found in Franconian dialects alongside otherwise exclusive Geiß. In Middle High German times, it established itself in the colonial dialects (East Central German) and also conquered vast areas of Low German, where the borrowing Middle Low German sēge was predominant since at least the 15th century (due to a virtual lack of domestic goat breeding). During the same time, curiously, Ziege was widely lost in West Central German and Upper Franconian, its original provenance. Its eventual victory in the standard language was reinforced by its use in Luther’s Bible.