wenig
Meaning
little, few (a small amount, a small number)
Concepts
small quantity
a little bit
just a smidgin
wee bit
not many few
not much little
tiny bit
not much
some extent
making something last
very little bit
little bit
little less
Synonyms
ein bisschen
ein wenig
nicht viel
bissel
eine Prise
ein Spritzer
ein Schuss
ein klein bisschen
bisserl
mickerig
ein kleines bisschen
einen Tacken
kaum einmal
nur im äußersten Notfall
kaum mal
alle paar Jubeljahre
höchst gelegentlich
praktisch nie
höchst selten
nur ausnahmsweise
nur im Ausnahmefall
lützel
fast nie
kleines bisschen
sehr wenig
zu einem gewissen Grad
klodde
wenige Male
nicht oft
einen Tick
Stück weit
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
wenig
Aargau
wenig
Appenzell Innerrhoden
wenig
Basel-Landschaft
weeneli
Basel-Landschaft
weenig
Basel-Landschaft
weenigli
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈveːnɪç/
Etymology
From Middle High German weinec, wēnec (“marginal”), from Old High German *weinag, wēnag (“miserable”), from Proto-Germanic *wainagaz. The form with -ei- is original; that with -ē- arose through conflation with the morphologically simpler Old High German wē (“woe”), akin to English woe. The diphthong -ei- later on regularly became -ē- in several dialects, which further strengthened the monophthongal form wenig. Cognate with Dutch weinig, Hunsrik wenich, Yiddish ווייניק (veynik). The comparative minder comes from Middle High German minder, minre, minner; the Middle High German superlative is minnest, minst. Both are related to min.
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Wenig später vervollständigten Lou Silvestri und Sol Vaccaro das Quartett .
A little later, Lou Silvestri and Sol Vaccaro completed the quartet.
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