etwa
Meaning
- approximately
- for instance
- by any chance, possibly
- (modal) really (expresses surprise or the expectation of a negative answer)
Concepts
in the ball park
main point
about that
somewhere around
in round numbers
before and after
front and back
before and behind
somewhere between
Synonyms
annäherungsweise
über den Daumen
wie zum Beispiel
zu der Zeit
leichthin
oder so
vorn und hinten
ungefahr
wer weiß
so etwa
nur als Beispiel
wie etwa
per exemplum
um die
so circa
an die
so um die
Frequency
Dialects
Fribourg
eppa
Fribourg
öbe
Aargau
öppe
Basel-Landschaft
emänd
Basel-Landschaft
eppe
Zürich
öppe
Appenzell Innerrhoden
öppe
Basel-Landschaft
ächt
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛtva/
Etymology
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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Sentences
Etwa zwei 2 Fünftel 5th der slowakischen Bevölkerung leben in diesem Gebiet .
About two fifths of the Slovak population live in this area.
Beispiele dafür sind etwa die Korvetten der Stockholm- und Göteborg-Klassen.
Examples include the corvettes of the Stockholm and Gothenburg classes.
