witt
See also: Witt
German Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz. Cognate with Danish hvid, Dutch wit, German weiß, Norwegian hvit, West Frisian wyt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɪt/
Adjective
witt
- (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) white
- (Low Prussian, by extension) clean
Declension
Positive forms of witt
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is witt | se is witt | dat is witt | se sünd witt | |
partitive | een Witts | een Witts | wat Witts | allens Witt | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | witte | witte | witt | witte |
oblique | witten | witte | witt | witte | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de witte | de witte | dat witte | de witten |
oblique | den witten | de witte | dat witte | de witten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en witte | en witte | en witt/wittet | (keen) witten |
oblique | en witten | en witte | en witt/wittet | (keen) witten |
Comparative forms of witt
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is witter | se is witter | dat is witter | se sünd witter | |
partitive | een witters | een witters | wat witters | allens witter | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | wittere | wittere | witter | wittere |
oblique | wittern | wittere | witter | wittere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de wittere | de wittere | dat wittere | de wittern |
oblique | den wittern | de wittere | dat wittere | de wittern | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en wittere | en wittere | en witter | (keen) wittern |
oblique | en wittern | en wittere | en witter | (keen) wittern |
Superlative forms of witt
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is de Wittste | se is de Wittste | dat is dat Wittste | se sünd de Wittsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | wittste | wittste | wittst | wittste |
oblique | wittsten | wittste | wittst | wittste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de wittste | de wittste | dat wittste | de wittsten |
oblique | den wittsten | de wittste | dat wittste | de wittsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en wittste | en wittste | en wittst | (keen) wittsten |
oblique | en wittsten | en wittste | en wittst | (keen) wittsten |
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
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Middle English
References
- “wit (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.
Old English
Alternative forms
- ƿitt
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *witą, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Old Frisian wit, Old Saxon wit, Old High German wizzi (whence German Witz), Old Norse vit (whence Swedish vett). Compare witan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /witt/
Descendants
- English: wit
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