innig

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch innig, from Middle Dutch innich. Equivalent to in +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈə.nəx/

Adjective

innig (attributive innige, comparative inniger, superlative innigste)

1. intimate

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch innich. Equivalent to in +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪ.nəx/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: in‧nig
• Rhymes: -ɪnəx

Adjective

innig (comparative inniger, superlative innigst)

1. intimate

   Hoewel korstmossen op het eerste gezicht plantaardige organismen lijken, zijn ze in werkelijkheid de innige symbiose van twee verschillende soorten: een schimmel en een groenwier of een blauwalg.[1]

   Although lichens at first sight appear to be plants, they are actually the intimate symbiosis of two different species: a fungus and a green alga or a blue-green alga.

2. (obsolete) internal

Inflection

Declension of innig
uninflected	innig
inflected	innige
comparative	inniger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		innig	inniger	het innigst het innigste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	innige	innigere	innigste
	n. sing.	innig	inniger	innigste
	plural	innige	innigere	innigste
definite		innige	innigere	innigste
partitive		innigs	innigers	—

Derived terms

• innigheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: innig

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German innic.

Adjective

innig (comparative inniger, superlative am innigsten)

1. intimate, deep
   • 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 276:

     Nur noch der Bauer hat diese innige Berührung mit dem Lande, die es zu einem Stück seiner selbst macht, wie er sich als Bestandteil des von ihm beackerten Grundes empfindet.

     Only the farmer still has this intimate contact with the land, which makes it a piece of his own, like he feels himself as an integral part of the ground that is plowed by him.

Further reading

• “innig” in Duden online