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

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eis”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 518.

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:

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• Audio (Austria):

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• Homophone: Eiß
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Noun

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

1. ice
3. (Germany, Austria) ice cream

   Synonym: (Switzerland) Glace

Usage notes

• The plural forms are used for the sense “ice cream”, but are often avoided.

Declension

Declension of Eis [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Eis	die	Eis, Eise
genitive	eines	des	Eises	der	Eis, Eise
dative	einem	dem	Eis, Eise1	den	Eis, Eisen
accusative	ein	das	Eis	die	Eis, Eise

¹Now rare, see notes.

• Blitzeis
• Eisbahn
• Eisbär
• Eisbecher
• eisbedeckt
• Eisbein
• Eisberg
• Eisblock
• Eisblume
• Eisboden
• Eisbohrkern
• Eisbrecher
• Eiscreme
• Eisdecke
• Eisdiele
• eisen
• Eiseshauch
• Eiseskälte
• Eiseskälte
• Eisfach
• Eisfeld
• eisfrei
• eisgekühlt
• eisglatt
• Eishalle
• Eisheilige
• Eishockey
• eisig
• Eiskaffee
• eiskalt
• Eiskeller
• Eiskratzer
• Eiskristall
• Eiskunstlauf
• Eislauf
• eislaufen, Eis laufen
• Eismann
• Eismaschine
• Eismeergarnele
• Eisnebel
• Eispunkt
• Eisregen
• Eisschicht
• Eisschnelllauf
• Eisscholle
• Eisschrank
• Eissturm
• Eistanz
• Eistee
• Eistüte
• Eisverkäufer
• Eiswaffel
• Eiswein
• Eiswolke
• Eiswürfel
• Eiszapfen
• Eiszeit
• enteisen
• Glatteis
• Spagettieis
• Wassereis

 

Etymology 2

E (“E”) +‎ -is (“sharp”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔeː.ɪs/

• Audio:

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Noun

Eis n (strong, genitive Eis, plural Eis)

1. (music) E sharp

Declension

Declension of Eis [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Eis	die	Eis
genitive	eines	des	Eis	der	Eis
dative	einem	dem	Eis	den	Eis
accusative	ein	das	Eis	die	Eis

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• Eies

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɪ̯s/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Austria):

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Noun

Eis

1. genitive singular of Ei

Further reading

• “Eis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Eis (Wasser, Speise)” in Duden online
• “Eis” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Eis”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• Eis on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Anagrams

• Sie, sie

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): /aɪ̯s/

Noun

Eis n

1. (uncountable) ice

   Du mol en bissje Eis in de Suco.

   Put some ice in the juice.

Further reading

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Eis”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, 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