zäh
Meaning
- not easily yielding, resilient
- not easily yielding, resilient
- not easily yielding, resilient
Concepts
firmly rooted
very patient
with a tenacious grip
insistent
Synonyms
hart im Nehmen
erschütterungsfest
zählebig
resilient
viskös
sehr beständig
unausrottbar
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
dängg
Basel-Landschaft
dänggig
Basel-Landschaft
gääderig
Basel-Landschaft
lääderig
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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