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See also: weiss, Weiss, Weiß, and wéiss

Bavarian

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Etymology

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Cognate with German weiß.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈβɑɛ̯s/, [ˈvɑɛ̯s]
  • IPA(key): /ˈvæːs/ (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)
    • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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weiß (comparative weißer, superlative weißastn)

  1. white

See also

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Colors in Bavarian · Foarbm (layout · text)
     weiß      grau      schwoarz
             roud/rood              oransch/orange; braun              gejb/gölb/gööb
                          grea/grean             
                          blau              blau
             lila, violett              lila              rosa

German

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weiße Wolke

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German wīz, from Old High German wīz, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (bright; shine).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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weiß (strong nominative masculine singular weißer, comparative weißer, superlative am weißesten)

  1. white
    Antonym: schwarz

Declension

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Verb

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weiß

  1. first-person singular present of wissen
    Ich weiß das bereits.
    I already know that.
    Ich weiß nicht.
    I do not know.
  2. third-person singular present of wissen
    Er weiß das bereits.
    He already knows that.
    Er weiß nicht.
    He does not know.

Further reading

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