Papier

From Middle High German papier, from Old French papier.

• IPA^(key): /paˈpiːɐ̯/

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• Rhymes: -iːɐ̯

Papier n (strong, genitive Papieres or Papiers, plural Papiere)

1. (usually uncountable) paper (material)
2. (usually uncountable) wrapping made of paper or a similar material, e.g. with foodstuffs
3. (countable) a sheet of paper

   Synonym: Blatt

4. (chiefly in the plural) a document or proof, especially short for Ausweispapier (“identity document, papers”)

   Synonyms: Akte, Aufzeichnung, Dokument, Manuskript, Niederschrift, Notiz, Schreiben, Skript, Text, Unterlage, Urkunde

5. (chiefly in the plural, finance, stock market) Short for Wertpapier (“security”).

• (sheet of paper): The formal expression for this is Blatt Papier. Both of these words are also used on their own, however. Blatt is more common, particularly in the plural (Blätter).

• papierartig
• papierlos

• → Hungarian: papír
  • → Romanian: papir
• → Romansch: palpiri
• → Serbo-Croatian: papir
• → Silesian: papiōr
• → Ukrainian: папір (papir)

• “Papier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Papier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Papier” in Duden online
• Papier on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Papier”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

• IPA^(key): /p(ʰ)aˈpiːɐ/

Papier n (plural Papiere)

1. paper

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary