Lid

See also: lid, līd, łid, lið, and líð

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German lid (“limb, member”), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“joint, body part”).

Noun

Lid n

(Uri, anatomy) The hindquarters of a slaughter animal.

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 18.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lit (“lid, cover”), from Old High German hlit, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą. In the modern sense a shortening of Augenlid. Cognate with Dutch lid (“lid”), English lid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liːt/
Homophones: Lied, lieht

Noun

Lid n (genitive Lids or Lides, plural Lider)

eyelid

Usage notes

The commoner word is the compound Augenlid. The simplex is used chiefly when the context is already related to the eyes or the face.

Declension

Declension of Lid

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Lid	die	Lider
genitive	eines	des	Lides, Lids	der	Lider
dative	einem	dem	Lid, Lide¹	den	Lidern
accusative	ein	das	Lid	die	Lider

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Further reading

Lid in Duden online

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