witt

See also: Witt

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German wit, from Old Saxon hwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt.

Cognate with Danish hvid, Dutch wit, German weiß, Norwegian hvit, West Frisian wyt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (original Low Prussian) /vit/[1], (irregular) /vɪt/

Adjective

witt

  1. (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) white
  2. (Low Prussian, by extension) clean

Declension
Positive forms of witt
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is witt se is witt dat is witt se sünd witt
partitive een Witts een Witts wat Witts allens Witt
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative witte witte witt witte
oblique witten witte witt witte
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de witte de witte dat witte de witten
oblique den witten de witte dat witte de witten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en witte/witten en witte en witt/wittet (keen) witten
oblique en witten en witte en witt/wittet (keen) witten
Comparative forms of witt
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is witter se is witter dat is witter se sünd witter
partitive een witters een witters wat witters allens witter
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative wittere wittere witter wittere
oblique wittern wittere witter wittere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de wittere de wittere dat wittere de wittern
oblique den wittern de wittere dat wittere de wittern
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en wittere/witteren en wittere en witter (keen) wittern
oblique en wittern en wittere en witter (keen) wittern
Superlative forms of witt
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is de Wittste se is de Wittste dat is dat Wittste se sünd de Wittsten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative wittste wittste wittst wittste
oblique wittsten wittste wittst wittste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de wittste de wittste dat wittste de wittsten
oblique den wittsten de wittste dat wittste de wittsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en wittste/wittsten en wittste en wittst (keen) wittsten
oblique en wittsten en wittste en wittst (keen) wittsten
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

References
  1. Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreussischen Mundarten: Proben und Darstellung, Breslau, 1924.

Middle English

Pronoun

witt

  1. Alternative form of wit

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).

Cognate with Old Frisian wit, Old Saxon wit, Old High German wizzi (whence German Witz), Old Norse vit (whence Swedish vett). Compare witan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /witt/, [wit]

Noun

witt n (nominative plural witt)

  1. mind, understanding, sense, sanity

Declension
Declension of witt (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative witt witt
accusative witt witt
genitive wittes witta
dative witte wittum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: wit, witt, witte, wytt, wyt
    • English: wit
    • Yola: wut

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German wit, from Old Saxon hwīt.

Adjective

witt

  1. white
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