Prise

See also: prise, prisé, and prìse

German

Alternative forms

• Preise (obsolete)

Etymology

Ca. 1400, from Middle French prise (“spoils”), from prendre (“to take”). The monophthongal form and the restriction to nautical context probably established themselves under influence of Middle Low German prîse, from the same source. The diphthongised form is preserved in preisgeben (“to surrender, relinquish”). The sense “pinch” (18th c.) is a renewed loan from Modern French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʁiːzə/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: priese
• Rhymes: -iːzə

Noun

Prise f (genitive Prise, plural Prisen, diminutive Prischen n)

1. pinch, dash (amount that can be held between thumb, index and middle finger, of salt, flour, powder etc.)
2. (nautical) prize (captured ship or freight)
3. (figurative, else obsolete) booty, spoils (in general)

   Synonym: Beute

Declension

Declension of Prise [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Prise	die	Prisen
genitive	einer	der	Prise	der	Prisen
dative	einer	der	Prise	den	Prisen
accusative	eine	die	Prise	die	Prisen

Further reading

• “Prise” in Duden online
• “Prise” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache