Kleie

German

Etymology

From Middle High German klīwe, klīe, from Old High German klīwa, klīa, klīga. The further origin is unclear. It might stem from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to smear, to glue”) but this is difficult due to semantic reasons.[1]

Pronunciation
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Noun

Kleie f (genitive Kleie, plural Kleien)

  1. bran
    Synonym: (Switzerland) Grüsch

Declension
Declension of Kleie [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kleie die Kleien
genitive einer der Kleie der Kleien
dative einer der Kleie den Kleien
accusative eine die Kleie die Kleien

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Kleie”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “Kleie” in Duden online
  • “Kleie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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