Weichbild
German
Etymology
From northern Middle High German wīchbilde, from Middle Low German wîkbelde. The first part of the compound is equivalent to Old High German wīh, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō, from Latin vīcus. The second part is of uncertain origin, but probably from a word for “law”, related with German billig (“appropriate”), Unbill (“injustice”); such that Weichbild originally referred to the areas where the municipal law of a city was in effect.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯çbɪlt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Weich‧bild
Noun
Weichbild n (strong, genitive Weichbildes or Weichbilds, plural Weichbilder)
- (literary, dated) city area
- Synonym: Stadtgebiet
- 2017 June, Die Wochenzeitung WOZ, Die Stadt der Sünde im Schatten der Mauer
- Und ganz in der Ferne, im Dunst, kann man das Weichbild von San Diego erkennen. In Tijuana reicht die Bebauung bis unmittelbar an die Mauer.
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Declension
Declension of Weichbild [neuter, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Weichbild | die | Weichbilder |
| genitive | eines | des | Weichbildes, Weichbilds | der | Weichbilder |
| dative | einem | dem | Weichbild, Weichbilde1 | den | Weichbildern |
| accusative | ein | das | Weichbild | die | Weichbilder |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
See also
References
- Weichbild - Etymologie in: Wolfgang Pfeifer et al., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (1993), digitalisierte und von Wolfgang Pfeifer überarbeitete Version im Digitalen Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Weichbild” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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