ongewis

From Old Dutch *ungiwis, from Proto-Germanic *un- + *gawissaz, or alternatively from a reconstruction of *unwissaz.

• IPA^(key): /ɔn.ɣəˈʋɪs/

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• Hyphenation: on‧ge‧wis
• Rhymes: -ɪs

ongewis (comparative ongewisser, superlative meest ongewis or ongewist)

1. unsure, uncertain

   Synonyms: onzeker, onwis

   De gevolgen van deze nieuwe wending zijn ongewis. ― The consequences of this new turn of events are uncertain.

   Hij liet ons in het ongewisse. ― He kept us in the dark.

• The phrase in het ongewisse ("in a state of uncertainty; in the dark") is a common collocation involving the substantivized inflected form of this adjective.