Eis

Borrowed from German Eis.

Eis (plural Eises)

1. A surname from German.

• 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.

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

• Ies (Ripuarian)

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

• IPA^(key): /ei̯s/, /ɛi̯s/

Eis n (plural Eis)

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

From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Etymology 1, noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from French glace.

• IPA^(key): /aɪ̯s/, [aɪ̯s]

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• Homophone: Eiß
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

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

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

   Synonym: (Switzerland) Glace

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

E (“E”) +‎ -is (“sharp”)

• IPA^(key): /ʔeː.ɪs/

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Eis n (strong, genitive Eis, plural Eis)

1. (music) E sharp

• Eies

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɪ̯s/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Eis

1. genitive singular of Ei

• “Eis”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “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

• Sie, sie

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

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

Eis n

1. (uncountable) ice

   Du mol en bissje Eis in de Suco.

   Put some ice in the juice.

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

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.

Eis n

1. ice