Gewitter

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: gewitter

German[edit]

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German gewiter, gewitere, from Old High German giwitiri, from Proto-West Germanic *gawidri, from Proto-Germanic *gawidriją, documented since the 9th century AD,[1] equivalent to ge- +‎ Wetter. Cognate with Hunsrik Gewitter. Distantly cognate in structure to English aweather.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈvɪtɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧wit‧ter
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

Gewitter n (strong, genitive Gewitters, plural Gewitter)

  1. thunderstorm, lightning storm

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hermann Bluhme (2005) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des deutschen Grundwortschatzes (in German), →ISBN, page 356

Further reading[edit]