Kiefer

Kiefer

1. A surname.
   • 2008 June 14, The Associated Press, “Federer Extends Streak”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Roger Federer extended his grasscourt streak to 57 matches with a victory over Marcos Baghdatis and will play Nicolas Kiefer in the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.

2. A town in Oklahoma.

• Keifer

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːfɐ/, [kʰiːfɐ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːfɐ

From older Kienföhre.

Kiefer f (genitive Kiefer, plural Kiefern)

1. pine (tree of genus Pinus)

   Synonyms: Kiefernbaum, Föhre, (archaic) Kienföhre

   Hypernym: Nadelbaum

• kiefernähnlich
• kiefernartig
• kiefernreich
• kiefern

From Middle High German kiver m or n, from Old High German kifer, from Proto-West Germanic *kebr, from Proto-Germanic *kebrą, from the perhaps onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root *ǵep- (“to chew, eat”), also the root of Käfer (“beetle”).

Compare the Proto-Indo-European roots *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”) and *gʰabʰ- (“to seize”).

Kiefer m or n (strong, genitive Kiefers, plural Kiefer)

2. jaw

The noun is masculine or neuter in the vernacular of Austria as well as in Austrian Standard German, and in the vernacular of Bavaria. In German Standard German as well as in the vernacular of the north of the German language area it is always masculine.

• Oberkiefer
• Unterkiefer
• Zwischenkiefer

• “Kiefer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kiefer (Baum, Holz)” in Duden online
• “Kiefer (Schädelknochen)” in Duden online
• “Kiefer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon