irgend
German
Alternative forms
- jrgent (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old High German io wergin, hwergin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hwargin.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
irgend
- at all
- Komm heute noch vorbei, wenn es irgend geht.
- Come by (still) today if at all possible.
- any, some
Usage notes
In text messaging, irgend is sometimes shortened as i like iwann (from irgendwann).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “irgend” in Duden online
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “irgend”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891