geschweige
German edit
Etymology edit
First-person singular indicative present of geschweigen (“to be silent”) (from Middle High German geswîgen, from Old High German giswîgên), which has been obsolete at least since the 18th century.
Pronunciation edit
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Conjunction edit
geschweige
- let alone; used after a negative or limiting clause to introduce another that applies even less
- (rare) let alone; used after an affirmative clause to introduce another that applies even more
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Further reading edit
- “geschweige” in Duden online
- “geschweige” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “geschweige” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “geschweige” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- J. C. Adelung (1793–1801) “geschweige”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition
- Renate Pasch: Zur Bedeutung von deutsch geschweige (denn). linguistik-online.de.