Fieber

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German fieber, from Old High German fiebar, from Proto-West Germanic *fēbr, borrowed from Latin febris (“fever”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfiːbər/, [ˈfiː.bɐ] Homophone: Fiber === Noun === Fieber n (strong, genitive Fiebers, plural Fieber) fever (heightened body temperature) Paul ist krank, er hat Fieber. ― Paul is sick, he's got a fever. (figurative) vigour, confidence (figurative, mostly in compounds) fever, bug (obsession for an activity) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Fieber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Fieber” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Fieber” in Duden online Fieber on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de