Viech
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East Central German
[edit]Noun
[edit]Viech
- (Erzgebirgisch) Vieh n (“farm animals”)
References
[edit]- Ernst Göpfert: Dialectisches aus dem Erzgebirge, in: Neunundzwanzigster Bericht über die Progymnasial- und Realschulanstalt zu Annaberg, zu der Montag un Dienstag, den 18. und 19. März 1872 stattfindenden öffentlichen Prüfung ergebenst einladet der Director Prof. Friedrich Alfred Gilbert. Voranstehend: Dialectisches aus dem Erzgebirge. von Oberlehrer Ernst Göpfert, Annaberg, 1872, p. 5
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Doublet of Vieh from Upper German. Hence from Middle High German vihe, from Old High German fihu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock, domestic animals”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Viech n (strong, genitive Vieches or Viechs, plural Viecher)
- (usually derogatory) animal, beast, any kind but especially an insect or pest
- Synonym: Biest
- (regional, Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, not pejorative) farm animal; head of livestock (see Vieh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Viech [neuter, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Viech” in Duden online
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