etwa

Oznaczający (English)

  1. approximately
  2. for instance
  3. by any chance, possibly
  4. (modal) really (expresses surprise or the expectation of a negative answer)

Częstotliwość

A1
Dialects

Fryburg

Fryburg

eppa

Fryburg

Fryburg

öbe

Argowia

Argowia

öppe

Bazylea-Okręg

Bazylea-Okręg

emänd

Bazylea-Okręg

Bazylea-Okręg

eppe

Zurych

Zurych

öppe

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

öppe

Bazylea-Okręg

Bazylea-Okręg

ächt

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/ˈɛtva/
Etymology (English)

In summary

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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