gewis

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gewis, gewes (“certain, sure”), from Old Dutch *gewis (“certain, sure”) and gewisso (“certainly, surely”), both from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (“known, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”).

Cognate with English wis (“certain, sure”), German gewiss (“certain”), Danish vis (“sure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈʋɪs/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧wis
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Adjective

gewis (not comparable)

1. (dated) certain, sure

Declension

Declension of gewis
uninflected	gewis
inflected	gewisse
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		gewis
indefinite	m./f. sing.	gewisse
	n. sing.	gewis
	plural	gewisse
definite		gewisse
partitive		gewis

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gewis
• Negerhollands: gewis

Adverb

gewis

1. (dated) certainly, surely

Synonyms

• zeker

Antonyms

• onwis
• onzeker

Related terms

• wis

Anagrams

• is weg, wegis

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈwis/

Noun

ġewis n

1. Alternative form of ġewiss

Adjective

ġewis

1. Alternative form of ġewiss

Declension

Declension of ġewis — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġewis	ġewis	ġewis
Accusative	ġewisne	ġewisse	ġewis
Genitive	ġewisses	ġewisre	ġewisses
Dative	ġewissum	ġewisre	ġewissum
Instrumental	ġewisse	ġewisre	ġewisse
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġewisse	ġewissa, ġewisse	ġewis
Accusative	ġewisse	ġewissa, ġewisse	ġewis
Genitive	ġewisra	ġewisra	ġewisra
Dative	ġewissum	ġewissum	ġewissum
Instrumental	ġewissum	ġewissum	ġewissum

Declension of ġewis — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġewissa	ġewisse	ġewisse
Accusative	ġewissan	ġewissan	ġewisse
Genitive	ġewissan	ġewissan	ġewissan
Dative	ġewissan	ġewissan	ġewissan
Instrumental	ġewissan	ġewissan	ġewissan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġewissan	ġewissan	ġewissan
Accusative	ġewissan	ġewissan	ġewissan
Genitive	ġewisra, ġewissena	ġewisra, ġewissena	ġewisra, ġewissena
Dative	ġewissum	ġewissum	ġewissum
Instrumental	ġewissum	ġewissum	ġewissum