Wiese

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Wiese. === Proper noun === Wiese (plural Wieses) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Wiese is the 3817th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9287 individuals. Wiese is most common among White (95.57%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wiese”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈviːzə/ Rhymes: -iːzə === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German wise, from Old High German wisa, from Proto-West Germanic *wisā. Doublet of Wiesn (“Oktoberfest”), from Bavarian. Cognate with Luxembourgish Wiss, Middle Dutch wese, Middle Low German wēse, and the diminutives Old Saxon wiska, Middle Low German wische. Further origin uncertain. Possibly related with Proto-Germanic *wasô, whence German Wasen, and/or with Old English wīse (“stalk, sprout”), Old Norse vísir (“sproud, bud”), through the root Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to increase”). ==== Noun ==== Wiese f (genitive Wiese, plural Wiesen) meadow Synonym: (Switzerland) Matte lawn, especially a large one, loosely also a smaller one Synonym: Rasen ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== Weide === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Proper noun ==== die Wiese f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Wiese) a tributary of the Rhine in Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Switzerland === References === === Further reading === “Wiese” in Duden online “Wiese”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)