kies

From Dutch kies.

kies (plural kieste)

1. cheek

• kiestand (“molar”)

• IPA^(key): /kis/

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• Hyphenation: kies
• Rhymes: -is

From Middle Dutch kiese (late), borrowed from Old Frisian kēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kūsiju. Displaced older kuis, from Middle Dutch *cuse, from the same Proto-West Germanic source.

kies m (plural kiezen, diminutive kiesje n)

2. molar

   Synonym: maaltand

   Ik moet naar de tandarts omdat mijn kies pijn doet. ― I have to go to the dentist because my molar hurts.

   De tandarts heeft mijn kies gevuld. ― The dentist filled my molar.

   Een volwassen persoon heeft normaal gesproken twaalf kiezen. ― An adult person typically has twelve molars.

3. (figuratively) certain resembling objects

• (tooth types) bovenkies, knobbelkies, kunstkies, melkkies, onderkies, voorkies, verstandskies m or f, wijsheidskies
• kiespijn
• kiezentrekker m
• kiezenkas, kiezenkast
• kiezenmerg n
• kiezensleutel
• kiezenspel n
• kiezenstoter m (obsolete spelling kiezenstooter)
• achter de kiezen

• → Papiamentu: kis, kies

• tand

Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Middle English chis, from Old English ċīs, itself of unclear origin.

kies (comparative kiezer, superlative meest kies or kiest)

1. delicate, choice
2. showing good taste, well-chosen

   Antonym: onkies

Declension of kies
uninflected	kies
inflected	kieze
comparative	kiezer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		kies	kiezer	het kiest het kieste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	kieze	kiezere	kieste
	n. sing.	kies	kiezer	kieste
	plural	kieze	kiezere	kieste
definite		kieze	kiezere	kieste
partitive		kies	kiezers	—

• kiesheid

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kies

1. inflection of kiezen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• skië

From ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -es (“correlative suffix of genitives”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkies]

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• Rhymes: -ies
• Hyphenation: ki‧es

kies (interrogative and relative correlative of genitives, plural kies, accusative singular kies, accusative plural kies)

1. whose, of whom, of which

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kies can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kies ajn thus means whosever.

• kies ajn (“whosever”)

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kies

1. singular imperative of kiesen

From an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -es (adjective-forming suffix). It is not unlikely, however, that it was originated based on similar word pairs as an analogy, compare kegyetlen (“cruel”) – kegyes (“kind, merciful”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkijɛʃ]
• Hyphenation: ki‧es
• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

kies (comparative kiesebb, superlative legkiesebb)

1. (archaic) picturesque, scenic

   Synonyms: festői, vonzó, elragadó, bűbájos, bájos, hangulatos, kellemes, szép

   Antonyms: kietlen, kopár, puszta, sivár

2. (archaic, rare) remote, distant, far-off, desolate

   Synonyms: távol eső, félreeső, elhagyatott, eldugott, elszigetelt, elzárt

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kies	kiesek
accusative	kiest	kieseket
dative	kiesnek	kieseknek
instrumental	kiessel	kiesekkel
causal-final	kiesért	kiesekért
translative	kiessé	kiesekké
terminative	kiesig	kiesekig
essive-formal	kiesként	kiesekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kiesben	kiesekben
superessive	kiesen	kieseken
adessive	kiesnél	kieseknél
illative	kiesbe	kiesekbe
sublative	kiesre	kiesekre
allative	kieshez	kiesekhez
elative	kiesből	kiesekből
delative	kiesről	kiesekről
ablative	kiestől	kiesektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	kiesé	kieseké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kieséi	kiesekéi

• kiesik

• kies in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

kies c (plural kiezen, diminutive kieske)

1. A molar

• tosk