tief
Meaning
- deep (having a long distance to the bottom; of bodies of water, wells, etc.)
- (figuratively) deep, profound (intense or significant)
- 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
Opposite of
untief, flach, oberflächlich, hoch
Synonyms
hintergründig
lange Zeit
tiefdenkend
bassig
viel sagend
Bass-
Preisrückgang
Baß-
gedankenschwer
Translations
diep
profundo
profondo
profond
profundo
βαθύς
profund
derin
profundusFrequency
Dialects
Zürich
tüüf
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
tüf
Basel-Landschaft
dieff
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tiːf/
Etymology
In summary
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 Dutch diep, Low German diep, deep, English deep, Danish dyb, Norwegian dyp, Icelandic djúpur.
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