Viech

East Central German

Noun

Viech

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) Vieh n (farm animals)

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/
  • (file)

Noun

Viech n (strong, genitive Vieches or Viechs, plural Viecher)

  1. (usually derogatory) animal, beast, any kind but especially an insect or pest
    Synonym: Biest
  2. (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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