weit
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch weit, weet, from Old Dutch *weit, *wēt, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).
Cognate with Low German Weten, West Frisian weet, German Weizen, English wheat.
Pronunciation
Noun
weit f (uncountable)
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German wīt, from Old High German wīt, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz. Compare Low German wied, Hunsrik weid, Dutch wijd, English wide, Danish vid.
Pronunciation
Adjective
weit (comparative weiter, superlative am weitesten)
- wide
- large
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 33/2010, page 83:
- Seit Ende Juli hat der Monsunregen die Flüsse in weiten Teilen Pakistans über die Ufer treten lassen und ganze Provinzen in Seen verwandelt.
- Since end of July the monsoon rain has made the rivers overflow their banks in large parts of Pakistan and turned whole provinces into lakes.
- Seit Ende Juli hat der Monsunregen die Flüsse in weiten Teilen Pakistans über die Ufer treten lassen und ganze Provinzen in Seen verwandelt.
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 33/2010, page 83:
Declension
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Adverb
weit
Further reading
- “weit” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the inflected forms of Old High German *wīd, northern variant of wīt. Etymologically the same word as wäit (“far”), which is from the uninflected form.
Adjective
weit (masculine weiden, neuter weit, comparative méi weit or weider, superlative am weitsten)
- wide; not narrow
Etymology 2
Verb
weit
- inflection of weien:
- third-person singular simple present
- second-person plural simple present
- second-person plural imperative
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German weit, Dutch wijd, English wide.
Adjective
weit
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