Zeese

== German == === Alternative forms === Zese (archaic) === Etymology === First attested in 1640. Probably deverbal (with East Central German vocalism) from Middle High German zeisen (“to pluck, pull apart”), from Old High German zeisan, *zeisen, from Proto-West Germanic *taisan, *taisijan (related with English tease). The lack of an according Low German form *Teese is somewhat surprising. Therefore one might alternatively consider derivation from Low German seisen, zeisen (“to tie up”), itself from English seize; but this verb is attested too late to be a plausible etymon (cf. Dutch seizen since 1657). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtseːzə/ Hyphenation: Zee‧se === Noun === Zeese f (genitive Zeese, plural Zeesen) (nautical, fishing) a kind of traditional dragnet used along the German Baltic coast ellipsis of Zeesenboot or Zeesenkahn (“a boat used for fishing with such a net”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Zeese”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Zeese” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.