Jump to content

Gewitter

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: gewitter

German

[edit]
German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

[edit]

From Middle High German gewiter, gewitere, from Old High German giwitiri, from Proto-West Germanic *gawidri, from Proto-Germanic *gawidriją, documented since the 9th century AD,[1] equivalent to ge- +‎ Wetter. Cognate with Hunsrik Gewitter. Distantly cognate in structure to English aweather.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈvɪtɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧wit‧ter
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

[edit]

Gewitter n (strong, genitive Gewitters, plural Gewitter)

  1. thunderstorm, lightning storm

Declension

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Hermann Bluhme (2005) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des deutschen Grundwortschatzes (in German), →ISBN, page 356

Further reading

[edit]