gewis

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gewis, gewes (certain, sure), from Old Dutch *gewis (certain, sure) and gewisso (certainly, surely), both from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (known, sure), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to know).

Cognate with English wis (certain, sure), German gewiss (certain), Danish vis (sure).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈʋɪs/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ge‧wis
  • Rhymes: -ɪs

Adjective

gewis (not comparable)

  1. (dated) certain, sure

Inflection

Inflection of gewis
uninflected gewis
inflected gewisse
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial gewis
indefinite m./f. sing. gewisse
n. sing. gewis
plural gewisse
definite gewisse
partitive gewis

Adverb

gewis

  1. (dated) certainly, surely

Synonyms

Antonyms

Anagrams

  • is weg, wegis

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ġeƿis

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈwis/

Noun

ġewis n

  1. Alternative form of ġewiss

Adjective

ġewis

  1. Alternative form of ġewiss
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