Suiber

Bavarian

Alternative forms
  • Süber (East Central, Vienna, Southern, Carinthia)

Etymology

From Middle High German silber, from Old High German silbar, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą. Cognates include German Silber, Yiddish ⁧זילבער⁩ (zilber), Dutch zilver, English silver, Old Norse silfr, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍂 (silubr).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsui̯βɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Sui‧ber

Noun

Suiber n (no plural) (West Central Bavarian)

  1. silver (chemical element, Ag)

Derived terms
  • suibern
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