Witwe

Concepts

widow

widower

orphan

relict

widow woman

dowager

single

black widow

bachelor

black widow spider

widow spider

Synonyms

Witwer

Hurenkind

Waise

Witfrau

Witwe von Stand

Schusterjung

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

witfrau

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɪtvə/

Etymology

From Middle High German witewe, from Old High German wituwa, from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”). Germanic cognates include Dutch weduwe, Old Saxon widowa, Old English widuwe, whence English widow, which see.