gewiss
Appearance
See also: gewiß
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German gewis, from Old High German giwis, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (“known, certain, sure”). Cognate with Dutch wis,[1] English iwis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gewiss (strong nominative masculine singular gewisser, comparative gewisser, superlative am gewissesten)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]gewiss
- certainly, indeed
- Synonym: sicherlich
Descendants
[edit]- Kashubian: gwës
References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “gewiß”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
[edit]Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (“certain”), equivalent to ġe- + the Proto-Germanic past participle of *witaną (whence Old English witan).
Cognate with Old Frisian wiss, Old Saxon giwiss, Old Dutch *giwis, Old High German giwiss, Old Norse viss.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ġewiss (superlative ġewissost)
- sure (+ genitive of something)
- certain, particular
- unfailing
Declension
[edit]Declension of ġewiss — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ġewiss | ġewiss | ġewiss |
| Accusative | ġewisne | ġewisse | ġewiss |
| Genitive | ġewisses | ġewisre | ġewisses |
| Dative | ġewissum | ġewisre | ġewissum |
| Instrumental | ġewisse | ġewisre | ġewisse |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | ġewisse | ġewissa, ġewisse | ġewiss |
| Accusative | ġewisse | ġewissa, ġewisse | ġewiss |
| Genitive | ġewisra | ġewisra | ġewisra |
| Dative | ġewissum | ġewissum | ġewissum |
| Instrumental | ġewissum | ġewissum | ġewissum |
Declension of ġewiss — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ġewissa | ġewisse | ġewisse |
| Accusative | ġewissan | ġewissan | ġewisse |
| Genitive | ġewissan | ġewissan | ġewissan |
| Dative | ġewissan | ġewissan | ġewissan |
| Instrumental | ġewissan | ġewissan | ġewissan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | ġewissan | ġewissan | ġewissan |
| Accusative | ġewissan | ġewissan | ġewissan |
| Genitive | ġewisra, ġewissena | ġewisra, ġewissena | ġewisra, ġewissena |
| Dative | ġewissum | ġewissum | ġewissum |
| Instrumental | ġewissum | ġewissum | ġewissum |
Adverb
[edit]ġewiss
- for sure, certainly
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Invention of the Holy Cross"
- Hēo becōm tō þǣre stōwe and āfand þrēo rōde. Ān wæs þæs Hǣlendes, and þā ōðra þāra þēofa. Þā nyste hēo ġewiss hwelc wǣre Cristes rōd.
- She came to the place and discovered three crosses. One was Jesus', and the others belonged to the thieves. But she didn't know for sure which cross was Christ's.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Invention of the Holy Cross"
Noun
[edit]ġewiss n
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ġewiss | ġewiss |
| accusative | ġewiss | ġewiss |
| genitive | ġewisses | ġewissa |
| dative | ġewisse | ġewissum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Categories:
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱe
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *widtós
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱóm
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ɪs
- Rhymes:German/ɪs/2 syllables
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German adverbs
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms prefixed with ge-
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English adjectives
- Old English adverbs
- Old English terms with quotations
- Old English nouns
- Old English neuter nouns
- Old English neuter a-stem nouns