mies
German (Berlin)
/miːs/
adj
Definitions
- (usually) mean, wretched
- appalling, poor
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish מיאוס (ugly).
Origin
Yiddish
מיאוס
Gloss
ugly
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Miesepeter German
- Peter German
- miesepetrig German
- mies Dutch, Flemish
- מיאוס Yiddish
- מיאוסקייט Yiddish
- מִאוּס Hebrew (modern)