zäh

Meaning

  1. not easily yielding, resilient
  2. not easily yielding, resilient
  3. not easily yielding, resilient

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dängg

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dänggig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gääderig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

lääderig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

zääch

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/tsɛː/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German zǣhe, from Old High German zāhi, zāh, from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī) (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”). Cognate with Dutch taai (“tough; chewy”), Low German taag (“tough; chewy”), English tough.

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