immerwährend
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]immer (“ever, always”) + während (“being, lasting”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɪmɐˌvɛːʁənt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈɪmɐˌveːʁənt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: im‧mer‧wäh‧rend
Adjective
[edit]immerwährend (strong nominative masculine singular immerwährender, not comparable)
- perpetual; everlasting
- Synonym: (roughly) ewig
- immerwährende Jungfräulichkeit ― perpetual virginity
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of immerwährend (uncomparable)