Teig

See also: teig

German

Pizzateig — pizza dough

Etymology

From Middle High German teic, from Old High German teig, teic (attested since the 9th century); from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”).

Germanic cognates

Dutch deeg
Old English dāh, dāg (modern English dough)
Old Norse deig (whence Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Norwegian deig, Swedish deg, Danish dej)
Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌲𐍃 (daigs).
Compare Finnish taikina and Estonian taigen which appear to be early borrowings from Proto-Germanic.

Non-Germanic cognates

Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “mound, fortification”)
Latin fingere (“to shape, to form”) (compare fiction)
Old Irish digen (“firm, solid”)
Old Armenian դէզ (dēz, “pile, heap”)
Sanskrit देह (dēha, “body”), देग्धि (degdhi, “to smear, to plaster”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taɪ̯k/ (standard)
IPA^(key): /taɪ̯ç/ (northern Germany, central Germany, chiefly colloquial)
Hyphenation: Teig
Rhymes: -aɪ̯k
Homophone: Teich (nonstandard)

Noun

Teig m (genitive Teigs or Teiges, plural Teige)

dough, paste (a soft mixture of various ingredients such as flour and water used for baking)
Pizzateig — pizza dough

dünnflüssiger Teig — liquid dough
pastry (the dough which is used as a base for other pastry products)
batter (a beaten mixture of egg and milk, mainly used for frying; e.g.: waffles, pancakes)

Declension

Declension of Teig

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Teig	die	Teige
genitive	eines	des	Teiges, Teigs	der	Teige
dative	einem	dem	Teig, Teige¹	den	Teigen
accusative	einen	den	Teig	die	Teige

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Compounds with Teig

Bierteig m
Biskuitteig m
Blätterteig m
Germteig m
Hefeteig m
Kartoffelteig m
Mürbeteig m
Nudelteig m
Pizzateig m
Rührteig m
Salzteig m
Sauerteig m

Teigboden m
Teigfladen m
Teigform f
Teiggitter n
Teigkloß m
Teigrädchen n
Teigrolle f
Teigschaber m
Teigschüssel f
Teigspritze f
Teigtasche f
Teigware f

References

Further reading

Teig in Duden online

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