findig
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈfɪndɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪndɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: fin‧dig
Adjective
[edit]findig (strong nominative masculine singular findiger, comparative findiger, superlative am findigsten)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of findig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist findig | sie ist findig | es ist findig | sie sind findig | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | findiger | findige | findiges | findige |
genitive | findigen | findiger | findigen | findiger | |
dative | findigem | findiger | findigem | findigen | |
accusative | findigen | findige | findiges | findige | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der findige | die findige | das findige | die findigen |
genitive | des findigen | der findigen | des findigen | der findigen | |
dative | dem findigen | der findigen | dem findigen | den findigen | |
accusative | den findigen | die findige | das findige | die findigen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein findiger | eine findige | ein findiges | (keine) findigen |
genitive | eines findigen | einer findigen | eines findigen | (keiner) findigen | |
dative | einem findigen | einer findigen | einem findigen | (keinen) findigen | |
accusative | einen findigen | eine findige | ein findiges | (keine) findigen |
Comparative forms of findig
Superlative forms of findig
Further reading
[edit]- “findig” in Duden online
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From findan + -ig; the former element is a verb from Proto-Germanic *finþaną (compare Dutch vinden, German finden, Swedish finna), a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pontHo- (compare Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬀 (paθa) (gen. paþō), Sanskrit पथ (patha, “path”)). Compare to Swedish fyndig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]findiġ
- capable
- considerable, good, heavy
- findig corn ― heavy corn
Declension
[edit]Declension of findiġ — Strong
Declension of findiġ — Weak
Related terms
[edit]- ġefindiġ (“capable”)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “findig”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “findig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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