gewaltig
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German gewaltec, from Old High German giwaltīg, equivalent to Gewalt + -ig.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡəˈvaltɪç/ (Germany)
- IPA(key): /ɡeˈvaltɪk/, [ɡ̥e-] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
Audio: (file)
- Hyphenation: ge‧wal‧tig
Adjective
[edit]gewaltig (strong nominative masculine singular gewaltiger, comparative gewaltiger, superlative am gewaltigsten)
- enormous, huge
- gewaltiger Fortschritt ― huge step forward
- massive, mighty
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “gewaltig” in Duden online
- “gewaltig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “gewaltig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “gewaltig” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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