immerwährend
German edit
Etymology edit
immer (“ever, always”) + während (“being, lasting”)
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈɪmɐˌvɛːʁənt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈɪmɐˌveːʁənt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: im‧mer‧wäh‧rend
Adjective edit
immerwährend (strong nominative masculine singular immerwährender, not comparable)
- perpetual; everlasting
- Synonym: (roughly) ewig
- immerwährende Jungfräulichkeit ― perpetual virginity
Declension edit
Positive forms of immerwährend (uncomparable)