ebbes

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Dutch[edit]

Noun[edit]

ebbes

  1. plural of ebbe

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German eddeshwaz (whence German etwas), from edde- + hwaz, with the eventual /-tw-/ assimilating to /-b-/. Compare Luxembourgish eppes, Yiddish עפּעס (epes), and Rhine Franconian and Swabian ebbes.

Pronoun[edit]

ebbes

  1. something

Rhine Franconian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German eddeshwaz (whence German etwas), from edde- + hwaz, with the eventual /-tw-/ assimilating to /-b-/. Compare Luxembourgish eppes, Yiddish עפּעס (epes), and Pennsylvania German and Swabian ebbes.

Pronoun[edit]

ebbes

  1. (Palatine) something

Swabian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German eddeshwaz (whence German etwas), from edde- + hwaz, with the eventual /-tw-/ assimilating to /-b-/. Compare Luxembourgish eppes, Yiddish עפּעס (epes), and Pennsylvania German and Rhine Franconian ebbes.

Pronoun[edit]

ebbes

  1. something