Viech
East Central German
References
- Ernst Göpfert: Dialectisches aus dem Erzgebirge, in: Neunundzwanzigster Bericht über die Progymnasial- und Realschulanstalt zu Annaberg, zu der Montag un Dienstag, den 18. und 19. März 1872 stattfindenden öffentlichen Prüfung ergebenst einladet der Director Prof. Friedrich Alfred Gilbert. Voranstehend: Dialectisches aus dem Erzgebirge. von Oberlehrer Ernst Göpfert, Annaberg, 1872, p. 5
German
Etymology
Doublet of Vieh from Upper German. Hence from Middle High German vihe, from Old High German fihu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock, domestic animals”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiːç/
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Noun
Viech n (strong, genitive Vieches or Viechs, plural Viecher)
- (usually derogatory) animal, beast, any kind but especially an insect or pest
- Synonym: Biest
- (regional, Southern German, Austria, Switzerland, not pejorative) farm animal; head of livestock (see Vieh)
Declension
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Further reading
- “Viech” in Duden online
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