almachtig
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German almachtich, from Old High German alamahtīg, from Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz. Cognate with German allmächtig, Dutch almachtig, English almighty, Icelandic almáttugur.
Adjective
almachtig
- (Sette Comuni) almighty, omnipotent
- Bèar mans almachtig zèinan?
- Who could be omnipotent?
References
- “almachtig” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch almechtich, from Old Dutch *alamahtīg (debatably attested in the Old Saxon Baptismal Vow, the linguistic classification of which is unclear and which contains Old Dutch features), from Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz. By surface analysis, almacht + -ig, although in fact almacht is a back-formation from the adjective; alternatively may be interpreted as al- + machtig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑlˈmɑx.təx/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: al‧mach‧tig
Adjective
almachtig (comparative almachtiger, superlative almachtigst)
- almighty, omnipotent
- (figuratively) (the most) mighty, in (almost total) control
Declension
| Declension of almachtig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | almachtig | |||
| inflected | almachtige | |||
| comparative | almachtiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | almachtig | almachtiger | het almachtigst het almachtigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | almachtige | almachtigere | almachtigste |
| n. sing. | almachtig | almachtiger | almachtigste | |
| plural | almachtige | almachtigere | almachtigste | |
| definite | almachtige | almachtigere | almachtigste | |
| partitive | almachtigs | almachtigers | — | |
Synonyms
- alvermogend
- omnipotent
Derived terms
- almacht
- Almachtige
- godalmachtig
Descendants
- Afrikaans: almagtig
- → Sranan Tongo: armakti