offen
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adverb edit
offen (comparative more offen, superlative most offen)
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
offen (comparative more offen, superlative most offen)
- (dialectal) Alternative form of off
- 1893, Marietta Holley, Samantha at the World's Fair, page 79:
- His old rubber boots wuz all wore offen him, his clothes hangin' in rags and tatters where he had rushed through the woods and swamps, his feet and hands all froze.
- 1909, Grace Miller White, Tess of the Storm Country, page 241:
- "If I tells Pa Satisfied that ye said that, Myry," muttered the boy, "he wouldn't wait for the law to handle Ben Letts — he'd shoot his dum head offen him quicker than a cat can blink."
- 2018, William W. Johnstone, J. A. Johnstone, Hang Him Twice, →ISBN:
- “The one Dooley won offen him.” The marshal stared hard at Dooley, then at Chester, then at his four deputies, then at Mort the undertaker, and finally at Blue, who was gnawing on a steak bone. “You read too many dime novels.”
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German offen, Old High German offan, ofan, ophan, from Proto-West Germanic *opan. Cognate with Low German open, apen, Dutch open, English open, Danish åben, Swedish öppen. Related to auf.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
offen (strong nominative masculine singular offener, comparative offener, superlative am offensten)
Declension edit
Positive forms of offen
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist offen | sie ist offen | es ist offen | sie sind offen | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | offener | offene | offenes | offene |
| genitive | offenen | offener | offenen | offener | |
| dative | offenem | offener | offenem | offenen | |
| accusative | offenen | offene | offenes | offene | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der offene | die offene | das offene | die offenen |
| genitive | des offenen | der offenen | des offenen | der offenen | |
| dative | dem offenen | der offenen | dem offenen | den offenen | |
| accusative | den offenen | die offene | das offene | die offenen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein offener | eine offene | ein offenes | (keine) offenen |
| genitive | eines offenen | einer offenen | eines offenen | (keiner) offenen | |
| dative | einem offenen | einer offenen | einem offenen | (keinen) offenen | |
| accusative | einen offenen | eine offene | ein offenes | (keine) offenen | |
Comparative forms of offen
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist offener | sie ist offener | es ist offener | sie sind offener | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | offenerer | offenere | offeneres | offenere |
| genitive | offeneren | offenerer | offeneren | offenerer | |
| dative | offenerem | offenerer | offenerem | offeneren | |
| accusative | offeneren | offenere | offeneres | offenere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der offenere | die offenere | das offenere | die offeneren |
| genitive | des offeneren | der offeneren | des offeneren | der offeneren | |
| dative | dem offeneren | der offeneren | dem offeneren | den offeneren | |
| accusative | den offeneren | die offenere | das offenere | die offeneren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein offenerer | eine offenere | ein offeneres | (keine) offeneren |
| genitive | eines offeneren | einer offeneren | eines offeneren | (keiner) offeneren | |
| dative | einem offeneren | einer offeneren | einem offeneren | (keinen) offeneren | |
| accusative | einen offeneren | eine offenere | ein offeneres | (keine) offeneren | |
Superlative forms of offen
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Antonyms edit
Adverb edit
offen
- openly
- Das müssen wir auch hier offen sagen.
- We must state this openly here.