gediegen
Meaning
- pure, unadulterated, sterling, solid, native (of a metal)
- solid, high-quality, well-made
- (dated) solid, reliable, good
- (Northern-Germany, colloquial) odd, strange, peculiar, weird
Concepts
best of all
Synonyms
wiederstandsfähig
Wirtschaftshof
Ackerhof
Farmhaus
Kleinbauernhof
Pachthof
am größten
Höchststufe
am bedeutendsten
Meiststufe
am großartigsten
Bauerngut
Gutshof
Translations
vast
éminent
excel-lent
firmusDialects
Basel-Landschaft
doll
Basel-Landschaft
schnäll
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈdiːɡŋ̍/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German gedigen (“mature, nourishing, capable”), from Old High German gidigan, githigan; originally the past participle of gedeihen (with Grammatischer Wechsel), making it a doublet of the modern, leveled past participle gediehen.
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