geschweige
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First-person singular indicative present of geschweigen (“to be silent”) (from Middle High German geswîgen, from Old High German giswîgên), which has been obsolete at least since the 18th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]geschweige
- let alone; used after a negative or limiting clause to introduce another that applies even less
- (rare) let alone; used after an affirmative clause to introduce another that applies even more
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “geschweige” in Duden online
- “geschweige” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “geschweige” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “geschweige” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- J. C. Adelung (1793–1801) “geschweige”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition
- Renate Pasch: Zur Bedeutung von deutsch geschweige (denn). linguistik-online.de.