kies

From Dutch kies

kies (plural kieste)

1. cheek

• kiestand (“molar”)

• IPA^(key): /kis/

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• Rhymes: -is

From Middle Dutch kuse, from Proto-Germanic *kūsiō-.

kies m (plural kiezen, diminutive kiesje n)

1. A molar
2. (figuratively) Certain resembling objects

• maaltand

• (tooth types) bovenkies, knobbelkies, kunstkies, melkkies, onderkies, voorkies, verstandskies m or f, wijsheidskies
• kiespijn
• kiezentrekker m
• kiezenkas, kiezenkast
• kiezenmerg n
• kiezensleutel
• kiezenspel n
• kiezenstoter m (obsolete spelling kiezenstooter)
• achter de kiezen

• tand

From Middle Dutch kesen, from Proto-Germanic *keusan-.

kies (comparative kiezer, superlative meest kies or kiest)

1. delicate, choice
2. showing good taste, well-chosen

• onkies

• kiesheid

kies

1. first-person singular present indicative of kiezen
2. imperative of kiezen

• skië

From ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -es (“correlative suffix of genitives”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkies/

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kies (interrogative and relative correlative of genitives, plural kies, accusative singular kies, accusative plural kies)

1. whose, of whom, of which

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kies can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kies ajn thus means whosever.

• kies ajn (“whosever”)

kies

1. Imperative singular of kiesen.

From an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -es (adjective-forming suffix). It is not unlikely, however, that it was originated based on similar word pairs as an analogy, compare kegyetlen (“cruel”) - kegyes (“kind, merciful”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkiʲɛʃ]
• Hyphenation: ki‧es

kies (comparative kiesebb, superlative legkiesebb)

1. (archaic) picturesque

• kietlen