amongst

English

Alternative forms

• among
• amongest (obsolete)
• amoungst (archaic)
• amoungest (obsolete)

Etymology

amongs +‎ -t (excrescent), from among +‎ -s (genitive); surface analysis is among +‎ -st (excrescent). Root among from Old English ongemang, from on (“in”) + gemang (“assemblage, mingling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmʌŋst/

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Preposition

amongst

1. Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.

Synonyms

• among (variant of amongst)
• amidst
• amid

Translations

Used to denote a mingling or intermixing

• Catalan: entre (ca)
• Danish: iblandt
• Dutch: tussen (nl), onder (nl)
• Finnish: keskellä (fi), seassa (fi)
• French: parmi (fr)
• German: zwischen (de), unter (de)
• Greek: ανάμεσα (el) (anámesa)
• Indonesian: antara (id)
• Interlingue: ,
• Korean: 가운데 (ko) (gaunde), 사이 (ko) (sai)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blant (no), iblant (no)

  Nynorsk: blant, iblant

• Portuguese: entre (pt), juntamente com
• Russian: среди́ (ru) (sredí)
• Spanish: entre (es)
• Swedish: bland (sv), ibland (sv)
• Turkish: arasında (tr)
• Vietnamese: giữa (vi), trong số

Anagrams

• gamonts