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

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛi̯t/

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯t

Noun

weit f (uncountable)

1. wheat

   Synonym: tarwe

Related terms

• boekweit

Anagrams

• wiet

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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

• IPA^(key): /vaɪ̯t/

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Adjective

weit (comparative weiter, superlative am weitesten)

1. wide
2. 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.

Derived terms

• gähnendweit
• himmelweit
• riesenweit
• riesenweit
• so weit, so gut (“so far so good”)
• sperrangelweit
• weit entfernt
• weit weg

 

Adverb

weit

1. far

Further reading

• “weit” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑɪ̯t/

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)

1. wide; not narrow

Etymology 2

Verb

weit

1. inflection of weien:
   1. third-person singular simple present
   2. second-person plural simple present
   3. second-person plural imperative

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German weit, Dutch wijd, English wide.

Adjective

weit

1. far
2. wide
3. long