miede
East Central German
Etymology
From Middle High German müede, muode, from Old High German muodi, from Proto-West Germanic *mōþī. Cognate to Pennsylvania German mied, Central Franconian mied.
Adjective
miede
- (Erzgebirgisch) tired
- (Erzgebirgisch, informal) insignificant, trifling
- Kenn miedn Fuftschr krisste!
- You won't even get an insignificant fifty.
Further reading
- Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 85
German
Pronunciation
Audio (Germany): (file)
Verb
miede
- first/third-person singular subjunctive II of meiden
Middle English
Noun
miede
- alternative form of mede (“reward”)
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian mēde, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō.
Noun
miede c (plural mieden, diminutive miedsje)
Further reading
- “miede”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011