etwa
German
Etymology
From Middle High German etwā, contraction of etewā (also eteswā), from Old High German edde(s)hwār (“somewhere”). For the first component compare etlich, etwas; the second is wo (“where”). A related formation was Middle High German ete(s)wanne, in which the second component is wann (“when”). It yielded modern etwan, which was displaced by the 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛtva/
Audio: (file)
Adverb
etwa
- approximately
- for instance
- Synonyms: beispielsweise, zum Beispiel, wie
- bei Behinderungen, etwa durch Sturmschäden
- in case of obstructions, for instance through storm damage
- 2022 October 28, “Twitter-Übernahme von Musk: Die Rechten feiern und fordern Trump zurück”, in Der Spiegel[1], →ISSN:
- Etwa AfD-Politikerin Beatrix von Storch twitterte: »Das linke woke Paralleluniversum wackelt.«
- For instance, AfD politician Beatrix von Storch tweeted: "The woke left's parallel universe is crumbling."
- by any chance, possibly
- Synonyms: gegebenenfalls, möglicherweise, unter Umständen, vielleicht
- Alle etwa anfallenden Zusatzkosten trägt der Auftraggeber.
- All additional costs that may be incurred shall be borne by the customer.
- (modal) really (expresses surprise or the expectation of a negative answer)
- Willst du etwa schon gehen?
- Do you really want to leave so soon?
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “etwa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Nzadi
Noun
etwâ (plural atwâ)
Noun
etwâ (plural etwâ)
Further reading
- Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN