tief
Meaning
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- (also,figuratively) deep
- low (situated close to, or below, the ground)
- (Switzerland,figuratively) low (small, not high in amount or quantity, value, etc.)
Concepts
at the bottom
deep in the woods
Synonyms
hintergründig
lange Zeit
tiefdenkend
bassig
viel sagend
Bass-
Preisrückgang
Baß-
gedankenschwer
vielsagend
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tiːf/
Etymology
From Middle High German tief, tiuf, going back to Old High German tiuf, tiof, inherited through Proto-West Germanic *deup and ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, from Pre-Germanic *dʰewbʰnós, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Compare Low German deep, Dutch diep, English deep, Danish dyb, Norwegian dyp, Icelandic djúpur.
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