etwa

Betekenis (English)

  1. approximately
  2. for instance
  3. by any chance, possibly
  4. (modal) really (expresses surprise or the expectation of a negative answer)

Frequentie

A1
Dialecten

Fribourg

Fribourg

eppa

Fribourg

Fribourg

öbe

Aargau

Aargau

öppe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

emänd

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

eppe

Zürich

Zürich

öppe

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

öppe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

ächt

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈɛtva/
Etymologie (English)

In summary

From Middle High German etwā, contraction of etewā (also eteswā), from Old High German edde(s)hwār (“somewhere”). For the first component compare etlich, etwas; the second is wo (“where”). A related formation was Middle High German ete(s)wanne, in which the second component is wann (“when”). It yielded modern etwan, which was displaced by the 19th century.

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