Fieber

See also: fieber

German

Etymology

From Middle High German fieber, from Old High German fiebar, from Proto-West Germanic *fēbr, borrowed from Latin febris (“fever”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiːbər/, [ˈfiː.bɐ]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Homophone: Fiber

Noun

Fieber n (strong, genitive Fiebers, plural Fieber)

  1. fever (heightened body temperature)
    Paul ist krank, er hat Fieber. ― Paul is sick, he's got a fever.
  2. (figurative) vigour, confidence
  3. (figurative, mostly in compounds) fever, bug (obsession for an activity)

Declension

Declension of Fieber [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Fieber die Fieber
genitive eines des Fiebers der Fieber
dative einem dem Fieber den Fiebern
accusative ein das Fieber die Fieber

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Fieber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Fieber” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Fieber” in Duden online
  • Fieber on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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