windig
German
Etymology
From Middle High German windic, equivalent to Wind + -ig. Compare English windy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪndɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪndɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
audio (file) - Hyphenation: win‧dig
Adjective
windig (strong nominative masculine singular windiger, comparative windiger, superlative am windigsten)
- windy
- Antonym: windstill
- (figurative, informal, of a person or undertaking) dodgy; dubious
- Synonym: zweifelhaft
Declension
Positive forms of windig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist windig | sie ist windig | es ist windig | sie sind windig | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | windiger | windige | windiges | windige |
genitive | windigen | windiger | windigen | windiger | |
dative | windigem | windiger | windigem | windigen | |
accusative | windigen | windige | windiges | windige | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der windige | die windige | das windige | die windigen |
genitive | des windigen | der windigen | des windigen | der windigen | |
dative | dem windigen | der windigen | dem windigen | den windigen | |
accusative | den windigen | die windige | das windige | die windigen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein windiger | eine windige | ein windiges | (keine) windigen |
genitive | eines windigen | einer windigen | eines windigen | (keiner) windigen | |
dative | einem windigen | einer windigen | einem windigen | (keinen) windigen | |
accusative | einen windigen | eine windige | ein windiges | (keine) windigen |
Comparative forms of windig
Superlative forms of windig
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *windigaz (“windy”), equivalent to wind + -iġ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwin.dij/
Declension
Declension of windiġ — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | windiġ | windiġu, windġu, windiġo, windġo | windiġ |
Accusative | windiġne | windiġe, windġe | windiġ |
Genitive | windiġes, windġes | windiġre | windiġes, windġes |
Dative | windiġum, windġum | windiġre | windiġum, windġum |
Instrumental | windiġe, windġe | windiġre | windiġe, windġe |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | windiġe, windġe | windiġa, windġa, windiġe, windġe | windiġu, windġu, windiġo, windġo |
Accusative | windiġe, windġe | windiġa, windġa, windiġe, windġe | windiġu, windġu, windiġo, windġo |
Genitive | windiġra | windiġra | windiġra |
Dative | windiġum, windġum | windiġum, windġum | windiġum, windġum |
Instrumental | windiġum, windġum | windiġum, windġum | windiġum, windġum |
Declension of windiġ — Weak
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | windiġa, windġa | windiġe, windġe | windiġe, windġe |
Accusative | windiġan, windġan | windiġan, windġan | windiġe, windġe |
Genitive | windiġan, windġan | windiġan, windġan | windiġan, windġan |
Dative | windiġan, windġan | windiġan, windġan | windiġan, windġan |
Instrumental | windiġan, windġan | windiġan, windġan | windiġan, windġan |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | windiġan, windġan | windiġan, windġan | windiġan, windġan |
Accusative | windiġan, windġan | windiġan, windġan | windiġan, windġan |
Genitive | windiġra, windiġena, windġena | windiġra, windiġena, windġena | windiġra, windiġena, windġena |
Dative | windiġum, windġum | windiġum, windġum | windiġum, windġum |
Instrumental | windiġum, windġum | windiġum, windġum | windiġum, windġum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “windig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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