"Ungeziefer" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʊnɡəˌt͡siːfɐ/, /ˈʊŋɡə-/ Audio: De-Ungeziefer.ogg
Etymology: From early modern German ungeziffer, Ungezieffer, a variant form of Middle High German ungezibere. These pertain to Old High German zebar (“sacrificial animal”) and hence originally meant “animals unsuitable for sacrifice”, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tībrą (“offering, sacrifice, victim”). The word is rarely attested in medieval texts due to suppression of words reminiscent of heathen practices, but must have survived in lower registers. Etymology templates: {{m|de||ungeziffer}} ungeziffer, {{m|de||Ungezieffer}} Ungezieffer, {{inh|de|gmh|ungezibere}} Middle High German ungezibere, {{inh|de|goh|zebar||sacrificial animal}} Old High German zebar (“sacrificial animal”), {{der|de|gem-pro|*tībrą||offering, sacrifice, victim}} Proto-Germanic *tībrą (“offering, sacrifice, victim”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Ungeziefer n (strong, genitive Ungeziefers, plural Ungeziefer) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Ungeziefers [genitive], Ungeziefer [plural], strong [table-tags], Ungeziefer [nominative, singular], Ungeziefer [definite, nominative, plural], Ungeziefers [genitive, singular], Ungeziefer [definite, genitive, plural], Ungeziefer [dative, singular], Ungeziefern [dative, definite, plural], Ungeziefer [accusative, singular], Ungeziefer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (uncountable, collective) vermin; pests; restricted to small animals, usually insects or spiders, sometimes also mice, etc. Tags: collective, neuter, strong, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Ungeziefer-de-noun-kJCxrNcY Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. (countable, rare) a vermin animal; a despised creature Tags: countable, neuter, rare, strong
    Sense id: en-Ungeziefer-de-noun-RblKV90r

Inflected forms

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