Geige

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gīge, from Old High German gīga, of unclear origin. Possibly from a Proto-Germanic *gīganą (“to move, wish, desire”) (based on the movement of a violinist's arms), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeyǵʰ-, *ǵʰeygʰ-, an extension of *ǵʰeh₂- (“to yawn, gape, long for, desire”), though this is semantically dubious. Alternatively an independent onomatopoeic formation. Cognate with Middle English gyge (“to make a creaking sound”), Old French giguer (“to play the fiddle”), English gig, English jig. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaɪ̯ɡə/ Hyphenation: Gei‧ge Rhymes: -aɪ̯ɡə === Noun === Geige f (genitive Geige, plural Geigen) violin, fiddle Synonyms: (chiefly specialist) Violine, (archaic or humorous) Fiedel ==== Declension ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== Streichinstrument n ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “Geige” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Geige” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Geige” in Duden online Geige on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de