tief

== English == === Noun === tief (plural tiefs or tieves) Pronunciation spelling of thief. === Verb === tief (third-person singular simple present tiefs, present participle tiefing, simple past and past participle tiefed) (dialect) To steal, to thieve. === Anagrams === E-FIT, Feit, feti, IETF, Fite == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German tief, tiuf, going back to Old High German tiuf, tiof, inherited through Proto-West Germanic *deup and ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, from Pre-Germanic *dʰewbʰnós, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Compare Dutch diep, Low German diep, deep, English deep, Danish dyb, Norwegian dyp, Icelandic djúpur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiːf/ Rhymes: -iːf === Adjective === tief (strong nominative masculine singular tiefer, comparative tiefer, superlative am tiefsten) deep (having a long distance to the bottom; of bodies of water, wells, etc.) Antonyms: untief, flach Wie tief ist das Wasser? ― How deep is the water? (figuratively) deep, profound (intense or significant) Antonym: oberflächlich tiefe Trauer ― profound grief Sie hat ein tiefes Verständnis der russischen Kultur. ― She has a deep understanding of Russian culture. low (situated close to, or below, the ground) Antonym: hoch Du hast das Bild zu tief gehängt. ― You hung the picture too low. (figuratively, Switzerland) low (small, not high in amount or quantity, value, etc.) Synonym: niedrig tiefere Abgaben ― lower taxes ==== Usage notes ==== German niedrig is a more generally applicable translation of English low. Tief can cover the meaning of niedrig in many contexts, but not vice versa. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tief” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “tief” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “tief” in Duden online == Old Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈti̯ɛːf/ === Noun === tiēf m Old West Frisian form of thiāf ==== References ==== Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 115