German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin intus (inside).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪntʊs/
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Adverb edit

intus

  1. (colloquial, with haben) down (alcohol, food etc.)
    Ich habe schon drei Bier intus.I've already had three beers.

Further reading edit

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

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From in (in, at) +‎ -tus (adverb ending). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós, within).

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

intus (not comparable)

  1. within, inside
  2. at home

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • German: intus
  • Ligurian: inte
  • Neapolitan: into, dinto, rinto
  • Old French: enz

References edit

  • intus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • intus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • intus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • intus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette