tief.
deep (having a long distance to the bottom; of bodies of water, wells, etc.)
Meaning & usage
deep (having a long distance to the bottom; of bodies of water, wells, etc.)
Wie tief ist das Wasser?
deep, profound (intense or significant)
tiefe Trauer
Sie hat ein tiefes Verständnis der russischen Kultur.
low (situated close to, or below, the ground)
Du hast das Bild zu tief gehängt.
low (small, not high in amount or quantity, value, etc.)
tiefere Abgaben
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German tief, tiuf, going back to Old High German tiuf, tiof, inherited through Proto-West Germanic *deup and ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, from Pre-Germanic *dʰewbʰnós, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Compare Dutch diep, Low German diep, deep, English deep, Danish dyb, Norwegian dyp, Icelandic djúpur.
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