Meaning

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

öppis

Zürich

Zürich

öbis

Lucerne

Lucerne

öppis

Fribourg

Fribourg

eppes

Zürich

Zürich

üpis

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

eppis

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

ebbis

Zürich

Zürich

öpis

Aargau

Aargau

öbis

Zürich

Zürich

üppis

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

öppis

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

eppis

Bern

Bern

öppis

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

öbbis

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛtvas/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German etewaʒ, from Old High German eddeshwaz, from edde- + hwaz. The first element is of obscure origin, but possibly related to Proto-Germanic *ehþau (“otherwise, or, but if”), source of modern oder (“or”). Compare Icelandic eitthvað, Dutch ietwat.

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