Prise

See also: prise, prisé, and prìse

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ca. 1400, from Middle French prise (“spoils”), from prendre (“to take”). The monophthongal form and the restriction to nautical context probably established themselves under influence of Middle Low German prîse, from the same source. The diphthongised form is preserved in preisgeben (“to surrender, relinquish”). The sense “pinch” (18th c.) is a renewed loan from Modern French.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʁiːzə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: priese
  • Rhymes: -iːzə

Noun

Prise f (genitive Prise, plural Prisen, diminutive Prischen n)

  1. pinch, dash (amount that can be held between thumb, index and middle finger, of salt, flour, powder etc.)
  2. (nautical) prize (captured ship or freight)
  3. (figurative, else obsolete) booty, spoils (in general)
    Synonym: Beute

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

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