Witwe
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Wwe. (abbreviation)
- Witfrau (chiefly south-western), Wittib (chiefly south-eastern; both now archaic)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German witewe, from Old High German wituwa, from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”). Germanic cognates include Dutch weduwe, Old Saxon widowa, Old English widuwe, whence English widow, which see.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Witwe f (genitive Witwe, plural Witwen, masculine Witwer)
- widow
- Synonym: Verwitwete
Declension
[edit]Declension of Witwe [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]- Dreifachwitwe
- Dreifach-Witwe
- Fünffachwitwe
- Fünffach-Witwe
- Fußballwitwe
- Fussballwitwe
- Golfwitwe
- Kaiserwitwe
- Kaiserinwitwe
- Königswitwe
- Königinwitwe
- Strohwitwe
- grüne Witwe
- Schwarze Witwe
- Vierfachwitwe
- Vierfach-Witwe
- verwitwen
- Verwitwen
- Verwitwung
- Witwenmacher
- Witwenrente
- Witwenschaft
- Witwenstand
- Witwentröster
- Witwentum
- Zweifachwitwe
- Zweifach-Witwe
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
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- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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