innig

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Middle Dutch innich. Equivalent to in +‎ -ig.

• IPA^(key): /ˈə.nəx/

innig (attributive innige, comparative inniger, superlative innigste)

1. intimate

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪ.nəx/

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• Hyphenation: in‧nig
• Rhymes: -ɪnəx

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.( Korstmos on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl revisions before March of 2009)

   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

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• innigheid

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From Middle High German innic.

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innig (strong nominative masculine singular inniger, 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.

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