Kiefer

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English

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Proper noun

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Kiefer

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Oklahoma.

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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kiefern

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːfɐ/, [kʰiːfɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːfɐ

Etymology 1

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From older Kienföhre.

Noun

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Kiefer f (genitive Kiefer, plural Kiefern)

  1. pine (tree of genus Pinus)
    Synonyms: Kiefernbaum, Föhre, (archaic) Kienföhre
    Hypernym: Nadelbaum
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Etymology 2

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Der menschliche Kiefer

From Middle High German kiver, from Old High German kifer, from Proto-West Germanic *kebr, from Proto-Germanic *kebrą, from the perhaps onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root *ǵep- (to chew, eat), also the root of Käfer (beetle).

Compare the Proto-Indo-European roots *ǵyewh₁- (to chew) and *gʰabʰ- (to seize).

Noun

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Kiefer m or (dialectally) n (strong, genitive Kiefers, plural Kiefer)

  1. jaw
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The noun is also neuter in Austrian German. In the North of the German language area it is always masculine.

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