Eis
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Eis (plural Eises)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Eis is the 39607th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 555 individuals. Eis is most common among White (93.69%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eis”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 518.
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- Ies (Ripuarian)
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ei̯s/, /ɛi̯s/
Noun
Eis n (plural Eis)
German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from French glace.
Pronunciation
Noun
Eis n (strong, genitive Eises, plural Eis or Eise, diminutive Eischen n)
Usage notes
- The plural forms are used for the sense “ice cream”, but are often avoided.
Declension
- Blitzeis
- Eisbahn
- Eisbär
- Eisbecher
- eisbedeckt
- Eisbein
- Eisberg
- Eisblock
- Eisblume
- Eisboden
- Eisbohrkern
- Eisbrecher
- Eiscreme
- Eisdecke
- Eisdiele
- eisen
- Eiseshauch
- Eiseskälte
- Eisfach
- Eisfeld
- eisfrei
- eisgekühlt
- eisglatt
- Eishalle
- Eisheilige
- Eishockey
- eisig
- Eiskaffee
- eiskalt
- Eiskeller
- Eiskratzer
- Eiskristall
- Eiskunstlauf
- Eislauf
- eislaufen, Eis laufen
- Eismann
- Eismaschine
- Eismeergarnele
- Eisnebel
- Eispunkt
- Eisregen
- Eisschicht
- Eisschnelllauf
- Eisscholle
- Eisschrank
- Eissturm
- Eistanz
- Eistee
- Eistüte
- Eisverkäufer
- Eiswaffel
- Eiswein
- Eiswolke
- Eiswürfel
- Eiszapfen
- Eiszeit
- enteisen
- Glatteis
- Spagettieis
- Wassereis
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔeː.ɪs/
Audio: (file)
Noun
Eis n (strong, genitive Eis, plural Eis)
Declension
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaɪ̯s/
Audio: (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪ̯s
Noun
Eis
- genitive singular of Ei
Further reading
- “Eis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Eis (Wasser, Speise)” in Duden online
- “Eis” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Eis”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- Eis on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Anagrams
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯s/
- Rhymes: -aɪ̯s
- Syllabification: Eis
Noun
Eis n
- (uncountable) ice
- Du mol en bissje Eis in de Suco.
- Put some ice in the juice.
Further reading
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Eis”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 42
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare German Eis, Dutch ijs, English ice.
Noun
Eis n