Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch eeuwig, from Middle Dutch êwich, from Old Dutch ēwig.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪəvəx/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

ewig (attributive ewige, comparative ewiger, superlative ewigste)

  1. eternal, everlasting

Derived terms edit

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German ēwic, Old High German ēwig, from Old High German ewa (from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, equivalent to German Ehe) + -ig.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːvɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈeːvɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ewig

Adjective edit

ewig (strong nominative masculine singular ewiger, comparative ewiger, superlative am ewigsten)

  1. eternal, everlasting
    • Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Wer an mich glaubt, der hat das ewige Leben.
      Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
      (John 6:47 (Johannes 6:47))
  2. (slightly informal) constant, frequent
    seine ewigen Vorwürfehis constant reproaches

Declension edit

Adverb edit

ewig

  1. eternally, for ever
    Das wird ewig so bleiben.It will remain like this for ever.
  2. (chiefly colloquial) always
    Er ist ewig am Meckern.He's always grumping.

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See also edit

Further reading edit

  • ewig” in Duden online
  • ewig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From ēwa +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːwiɣ/, /ˈeːwiɡ/

Adjective edit

ēwig

  1. eternal

Descendants edit

  • Middle High German: ēwic

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From ēwa +‎ -ig, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw.

Adjective edit

ēwig

  1. eternal

Declension edit


Descendants edit

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *owīkā.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ewig f (plural ewigod or ewigiaid, masculine hydd or bwch)

  1. doe, hind, female deer
  2. graceful woman

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Hypernyms edit

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ewig unchanged unchanged hewig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ewig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies