Zweig

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Zweig. === Proper noun === Zweig A surname from German or Yiddish. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German zwīc, from Old High German zwīg, from Proto-Germanic *twīgą. Cognate with Dutch twijg, English twig. Compare the latter for more. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tsvaɪ̯k/, [t͡sʋaɪ̯k] (standard) IPA(key): /tsvaɪ̯ç/ (northern and central Germany; chiefly colloquial) Hyphenation: Zweig === Noun === Zweig m (strong, genitive Zweiges or Zweigs, plural Zweige, diminutive Zweigchen n or Zweiglein n or Zweigerl n) branch, twig (figurative) branch; section ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (figuratively): Branche, Sektor ==== Hyponyms ==== (definition 1): (definition 2): ==== Holonyms ==== (branch, twig): Baum ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Zweig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Zweig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Zweig” in Duden online Zweig on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de