wäit

See also: wait and Wait

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German wīt, from the uninflected stem of Old High German *wīd, northern variant of wīt. Doublet of weit (“wide”), which is from the inflected forms.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /væi̯t/, [væˑɪ̯t]
  • Rhymes: -æːɪt

Adjective

wäit (masculine wäiten, neuter wäit, comparative méi wäit, superlative am wäitsten)

  1. long (distance)
  2. far; not close

vu wäit / vu Wäitem

  1. from far away, from afar

bei Wäitem

  1. by far

Declension

Declension of wäit
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass si ass et ass si si(nn)
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner wäiten
independent without determiner wäites wäiter
dative after any declined word wäiten wäiter wäiten wäiten
as first declined word wäitem wäitem

Adverb

wäit

  1. far

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wēt, from Proto-West Germanic *wāt.

Adjective

wäit

  1. wet
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