weit
Central Franconian
Etymology
From Old High German (*)wīd, northern variant of wīt, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɛi̯t/
Adjective
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Dutch
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), weet, from Old Dutch *weit, *wēt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).
Cognate with Low German Weten, West Frisian weet, German Weizen, English wheat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɛi̯t/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛi̯t
- Homophone: wijd
Related terms
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Anagrams
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 (strong nominative masculine singular weiter, comparative weiter, superlative am weitesten)
- wide
- large
- 2010, Der Spiegel, number 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 the end of July, the monsoon rain has made the rivers overflow their banks in large parts of Pakistan and turned whole provinces into lakes.
- far, distant (of the past or future)
- Der Roman spielt in der weiten Zukunft.
- The novel takes place in the far future.
- Denotes a certain point in time or in some process or schedule, or a certain stage of development.
- Es ist fast so weit, das Ritual durchzuführen.
- It's almost time to perform the ritual.
- Computer sind so weit fortgeschritten, dass sie Sprache verstehen.
- Computers have advanced enough to understand language.
Declension
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Derived terms
- gähnendweit
- himmelweit
- riesenweit
- riesenweit
- so weit, so gut (“so far so good”)
- sperrangelweit
- weit entfernt
- weit weg
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vai̯t/, [vɑɪ̯t]
Etymology 1
From the inflected forms of Old High German *wīd, northern variant of wīt. Doublet of wäit (“far”), which is from the inflected forms.
Adjective
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- wide; not narrow
Verb
weit
- inflection of weien:
- third-person singular simple present
- second-person plural simple present
- second-person plural imperative
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German wīt, from Old High German wīt. Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Dutch wijd, English wide.