Eis

See also: eis, EIS, eís, éis, -eis, -éis, and Appendix:Variations of "eis"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Eis.

Proper noun

Eis (plural Eises)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Eis is the 39607th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 555 individuals. Eis is most common among White (93.69%) individuals.

Further reading

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Ies (Ripuarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ei̯s/, /ɛi̯s/

Noun

Eis n (plural Eis)

  1. (Moselle Franconian) ice
  2. (Moselle Franconian) ice cream

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from French glace.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪ̯s/, [aɪ̯s]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Homophone: Eiß
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Noun

Eis n (strong, genitive Eises, plural Eis or Eise, diminutive Eischen n)

  1. ice
  2. (Germany, Austria) ice cream
    Synonym: (Switzerland) Glace
Usage notes
  • The plural forms are used for the sense “ice cream”, but are often avoided.
Declension

Etymology 2

E (E) +‎ -is (sharp)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔeː.ɪs/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Eis n (strong, genitive Eis, plural Eis)

  1. (music) E sharp
Declension

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaɪ̯s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Noun

Eis

  1. genitive singular of Ei

Further reading

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯s/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s
  • Syllabification: Eis

Noun

Eis n

  1. (uncountable) ice
    Du mol en bissje Eis in de Suco.
    Put some ice in the juice.

Further reading

  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Eis”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 42

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare German Eis, Dutch ijs, English ice.

Noun

Eis n

  1. ice