geschweige

German

Etymology

First-person singular indicative present of geschweigen (“to be silent”) (from Middle High German geswîgen, from Old High German giswîgên), which has been obsolete at least since the 18th century.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

geschweige

1. let alone; used after a negative or limiting clause to introduce another that applies even less
2. (rare) let alone; used after an affirmative clause to introduce another that applies even more

See also

• geschweige denn

Further reading

• “geschweige” in Duden online
• “geschweige” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “geschweige” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “geschweige” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• J. C. Adelung (1793–1801) “geschweige”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition
• Renate Pasch: Zur Bedeutung von deutsch geschweige (denn). linguistik-online.de.