Eiger

English <dab> Etymology 1 thumb|Eiger north face en de Eiger. Proper noun en mountain in the range/Bernese Alps c/Switzerland. en 1960 December Voyageur The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland Trains Illustrated 754 It is this stretch which provides what is perhaps the most staggering scenic prospect of all; the impression made on the mind by the overwhelming height of the Eiger, towering over the train, is almost impossible to describe. Etymology 2 Proper noun en mountain cc/Greenland. Anagrams en eegir regie geire German Etymology While folk etymology connected it to de Oger ogre, the mountain's name actually derives from the formerly common spelling de Heiger, from dialectal de gmh Hej-Gêr, gmh dr hej Ger high point, large spear, composed of gmh hej high (presumably a derivation from gmw-pro *hauh) and gmw-pro *gaiʀ javelin, spear.Daniel Anker (Hrsg.): Eiger – Die vertikale Arena. 4., überarb. Auflage. AS Verlag, Zürich 2008, S. 71. Pronunciation de /ˈaɪ̯ɡɐ/ de De-Eiger.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun m de mountain c/Switzerland Eiger References Further reading de