dividual
English
WOTD – 12 October 2010
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈvɪd͡ʒuəl/
Audio (Northern California): (file)
Adjective
dividual (not comparable)
- Separate, distinct.
- Divisible, divided.
- 1895, George MacDonald, Lilith[1]:
- She began to moan, and sigh deep sighs, then murmur as holding colloquy with a dividual self: her queendom was no longer whole; it was divided against itself.
- Shared, held in common (with others).
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica[2]:
- So that a man may say his religion is now no more within himself, but is become a dividual movable, and goes and comes near him, according as that good man frequents the house.
Derived terms
Translations
separate, distinct
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [diviˈdu̯aːl]
- Hyphenation: di‧vi‧du‧al
Audio: (file)
Adjective
dividual (strong nominative masculine singular dividualer, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of dividual (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist dividual | sie ist dividual | es ist dividual | sie sind dividual | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dividualer | dividuale | dividuales | dividuale |
| genitive | dividualen | dividualer | dividualen | dividualer | |
| dative | dividualem | dividualer | dividualem | dividualen | |
| accusative | dividualen | dividuale | dividuales | dividuale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der dividuale | die dividuale | das dividuale | die dividualen |
| genitive | des dividualen | der dividualen | des dividualen | der dividualen | |
| dative | dem dividualen | der dividualen | dem dividualen | den dividualen | |
| accusative | den dividualen | die dividuale | das dividuale | die dividualen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein dividualer | eine dividuale | ein dividuales | (keine) dividualen |
| genitive | eines dividualen | einer dividualen | eines dividualen | (keiner) dividualen | |
| dative | einem dividualen | einer dividualen | einem dividualen | (keinen) dividualen | |
| accusative | einen dividualen | eine dividuale | ein dividuales | (keine) dividualen | |