gewis

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch gewis, gewes (certain, sure), from Old Dutch *gewis (certain, sure) and gewisso (certainly, surely), both from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (known, sure), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to know).

Cognate with English wis (certain, sure), German gewiss (certain), Danish vis (sure).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈʋɪs/
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  • Hyphenation: ge‧wis
  • Rhymes: -ɪs

Adjective

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gewis (not comparable)

  1. (dated) certain, sure

Declension

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Declension of gewis
uninflected gewis
inflected gewisse
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial gewis
indefinite m./f. sing. gewisse
n. sing. gewis
plural gewisse
definite gewisse
partitive gewis

Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: gewis
  • Negerhollands: gewis

Adverb

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gewis

  1. (dated) certainly, surely

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Anagrams

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ġewis n

  1. Alternative form of ġewiss

Adjective

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ġewis

  1. Alternative form of ġewiss

Declension

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