gewis

Dutch

Etymology

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

Adjective

gewis (not comparable)

  1. (dated) certain, sure

Inflection
Inflection 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

Adverb

gewis

  1. (dated) certainly, surely

Synonyms

Antonyms

Anagrams
  • is weg, wegis

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ġeƿis

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jeˈwis/

Noun

ġewis n

  1. Alternative form of ġewiss

Adjective

ġewis

  1. Alternative form of ġewiss
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