"Geiss" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Alemannic German]

IPA: /ɡais/ [Alsatian], /kais/ [Alsatian]
Etymology: From Old High German geiz, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayd-. Cognate with German Geiß, Dutch geit, English goat, Icelandic geit, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits); and with Latin haedus (“kid”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gsw|goh|geiz}} Old High German geiz, {{inh|gsw|gem-pro|*gaits}} Proto-Germanic *gaits, {{der|gsw|ine-pro|*ǵʰayd-}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayd-, {{cog|de|Geiß}} German Geiß, {{cog|nl|geit}} Dutch geit, {{cog|en|goat}} English goat, {{cog|is|geit}} Icelandic geit, {{cog|got|𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃}} Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits), {{cog|la|haedus||kid}} Latin haedus (“kid”) Head templates: {{head|gsw|noun|g=f}} Geiss f
  1. (Alsatian, Uri) goat Tags: Alsatian, Uri, feminine
    Sense id: en-Geiss-gsw-noun-VIDwjzWW Categories (other): Alsatian Alemannic German, Urner Alemannic German, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Female animals, Goats Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Female animals: 50 50 Disambiguation of Goats: 95 5
  2. (Uri) she-goat Tags: Uri, feminine
    Sense id: en-Geiss-gsw-noun-HbJ-LKuP Categories (other): Urner Alemannic German, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Female animals Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Female animals: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Geissbock

Noun [German]

Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=lein}} Geiss f (genitive Geiss, plural Geissen, diminutive Geisslein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Geiss [genitive], Geissen [plural], Geisslein [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Geiss [nominative, singular], Geissen [definite, nominative, plural], Geiss [genitive, singular], Geissen [definite, genitive, plural], Geiss [dative, singular], Geissen [dative, definite, plural], Geiss [accusative, singular], Geissen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Geiß Tags: Liechtenstein, Switzerland, alt-of, feminine, standard Alternative form of: Geiß
    Sense id: en-Geiss-de-noun-KvZNLHSB Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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