wenig
Sentences
Meaning
little, few (a small amount, a small number)
Concepts
Synonyms
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
In summary
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, Low German 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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