almachtig

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Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German almachtich, from Old High German alamahtīg, from Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz. Cognate with German allmächtig, Dutch almachtig, English almighty, Icelandic almáttugur.

Adjective

almachtig

  1. (Sette Comuni) almighty, omnipotent
    Bèar mans almachtig zèinan?
    Who could be omnipotent?

References

  • “almachtig” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch almechtich, from Old Dutch *alamahtīg, from Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz. Equivalent to almacht +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑlˈmɑx.təx/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧mach‧tig

Adjective

almachtig (comparative almachtiger, superlative almachtigst)

  1. almighty, omnipotent
  2. (figuratively) (the most) mighty, in (almost total) control

Inflection

Declension of almachtig
uninflected almachtig
inflected almachtige
comparative almachtiger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial almachtig almachtiger het almachtigst
het almachtigste
indefinite m./f. sing. almachtige almachtigere almachtigste
n. sing. almachtig almachtiger almachtigste
plural almachtige almachtigere almachtigste
definite almachtige almachtigere almachtigste
partitive almachtigs almachtigers

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