might
Bedeutung (English)
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- Power, strength, force or influence held by a person or group.
- Physical strength or force.
- The ability to do something.
Konzepte
Synonyms
may be
physical strength
ability
majestic lustre
be able
competency
more likely
more probable
muscular strength
Frequenz
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/maɪt/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English myght, might (also maught, macht, maht), from Old English miht, mieht, meaht, mæht (“might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, *mahtuz (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, *megʰ- (“to allow, be able, help”), corresponding to Germanic *maganą + *-þiz. Equivalent to may + -th. Cognate with Scots micht, maucht (“might”), North Frisian macht (“might, ability”), West Frisian macht (“might, ability”), Dutch macht (“might, power”), German Macht (“power, might”), Swedish makt (“might”), Norwegian makt (“power”), Icelandic máttur (“might”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts), and further to Russian мочь (močʹ, “power, might”) and мощь (moščʹ, “force, strength”), Ukrainian міч (mič) and міць (micʹ, “power”), Bulgarian мощ (mošt, “power, might”), Serbo-Croatian moć (“power”), Czech moc (“power”), Polish moc (“power”). See more at may.
may
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The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
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Had our instruments permitted it 
, we might have been able to see 👀 the trouble way back when .
Hätten wir es unseren Instrumenten erlaubt hätten, hätten wir möglicherweise die Probleme wieder sehen können, wann.
