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Biig
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biig
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
gsw Biig Big Bīg Appenzell St Gallen Schaffhausen Thurgau Zurich Solothurn
gsw Biige Bige Bern Graubünden Lucerne Schwyz Uri Zug
gsw Biigi Aarau Basel Glarus Lucerne Solothurn Uri Wallis
Etymology
From gsw gmh bīge, from gsw goh bīga pile, heap, further origin uncertain. Cognate with de Beige.
Pronunciation
gsw /b̥iːɡ̊/ Zurich
Noun
gsw noun f plural Biige diminutive Biigli
pile, stack
gsw 2017 Margrit Staub-Hadorn; ‘Di ungschribne Briefe’ Härzschmärz 107 Gäbt is vo Öine ungschribne Briefe o ne ganzi Bige? Do you have any unwritten letters – even a whole pile of them?
gsw regional woodpile
Related terms
gsw biige
gsw biigewiis
References
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