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Geige

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German gīge, from Old High German gīga, of unclear origin. Possibly from a Proto-Germanic *gīganą (to move, wish, desire) (based on the movement of a violinist's arms), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeyǵʰ-, *ǵʰeygʰ-, an extension of *ǵʰeh₂- (to yawn, gape, long for, desire),[1] though this is semantically dubious. Alternatively an independent onomatopoeic formation.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɪ̯ɡə/
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  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Gei‧ge
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯ɡə

Noun

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Geige f (genitive Geige, plural Geigen)

  1. violin, fiddle
    Synonyms: (chiefly specialist) Violine, (archaic or humorous) Fiedel

Declension

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Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒaiʒjanan ~ *ʒaiʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122
  2. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Geige”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • Geige” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Geige” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Geige” in Duden online
  • Geige on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de