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Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈzaɪ̯çə/ Audio: De-Seiche.ogg Forms: Seiche [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Seiche [nominative, singular], Seiche [genitive, singular], Seiche [dative, singular], Seiche [accusative, singular]
Rhymes: -aɪ̯çə Etymology: From Middle High German seiche f, seich m (“urine; urination”), from Old High German seih m (“urine”), from Old High German seihhen, seichen (“to melt, liquify, strain, urinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *saikijan, from Proto-Germanic *saikijaną (“to make drip”), causative of *sīhwaną (“to filter, strain”). Related to German seihen. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|seiche|g=f}} Middle High German seiche f, {{m|gmh|seich|g=m|t=urine; urination}} seich m (“urine; urination”), {{inh|de|goh|seih|g=m|t=urine}} Old High German seih m (“urine”), {{der|de|goh|seihhen}} Old High German seihhen, {{m|goh|seichen|t=to melt, liquify, strain, urinate}} seichen (“to melt, liquify, strain, urinate”), {{der|de|gmw-pro|*saikijan}} Proto-West Germanic *saikijan, {{der|de|gem-pro|*saikijaną|t=to make drip}} Proto-Germanic *saikijaną (“to make drip”), {{m|gem-pro|*sīhwaną|t=to filter, strain}} *sīhwaną (“to filter, strain”), {{cog|de|seihen}} German seihen Head templates: {{de-noun|f.sg}} Seiche f (genitive Seiche, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f.sg}}
  1. (Upper German, colloquial, vulgar) urine, piss Tags: Upper-German, colloquial, feminine, no-plural, vulgar
    Sense id: en-Seiche-de-noun-qHierHkN
  2. (Upper German, colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) bullshit, nonsense, twaddle Tags: Upper-German, colloquial, derogatory, feminine, no-plural, vulgar
    Sense id: en-Seiche-de-noun-w6ikf8bR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Seich Related terms: Kuhseiche, seichen
Etymology number: 1

Noun [German]

IPA: /sɛʃ/
Etymology: From Swiss French seiche. Etymology templates: {{bor|de|fr|seiche}} French seiche Head templates: {{de-noun|f,Seiches}} Seiche f (genitive Seiche, plural Seiches) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,Seiches}} Forms: Seiche [genitive], Seiches [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Seiche [nominative, singular], Seiches [definite, nominative, plural], Seiche [genitive, singular], Seiches [definite, genitive, plural], Seiche [dative, singular], Seiches [dative, definite, plural], Seiche [accusative, singular], Seiches [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (hydrology) seiche Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Hydrology
    Sense id: en-Seiche-de-noun-ZSXtDUlX Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 79 Topics: geography, hydrology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Es ist nämlich wohl denkbar, dass da eine Interferenzerscheinung vorliegt, welche die Doppelwelle, die täglich jeden Küstenpunkt erreichen soll, in eine einzige stehende Schwingung der einerseits von Asien, andererseits von Amerika begrenzten Wassermasse - also in eine Seiche grössten Masstabes - verwandelt.",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f,Seiches"
      },
      "expansion": "Seiche f (genitive Seiche, plural Seiches)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f,Seiches"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations",
        "de:Hydrology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1891, Siegmund Günther, Lehrbuch der physikalischen geographie (Naturwissenschaftliches lehrbuch), F. Enke, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 306",
          "text": "Es ist nämlich wohl denkbar, dass da eine Interferenzerscheinung vorliegt, welche die Doppelwelle, die täglich jeden Küstenpunkt erreichen soll, in eine einzige stehende Schwingung der einerseits von Asien, andererseits von Amerika begrenzten Wassermasse - also in eine Seiche grössten Masstabes - verwandelt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1893, Ernst Behm, Geographisches Jahrbuch, volume 16, J. Perthes., →OCLC, page 212",
          "text": "Die Luftdruckschwankung von 3-4 mm hätte nach der Theorie eine Seiche von nur 24-32 cm Amplitude bedingen sollen . Die Thatsache, dass die Periode der binodalen Seiche kürzer ist als die Hälfte der einknotigen, findet sich auch am Zürichsee und am Bodensee;",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seiche"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hydrology",
          "hydrology"
        ],
        [
          "seiche",
          "seiche"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hydrology) seiche"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "hydrology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Seiche"
}

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