innig

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch innig, from Middle Dutch innich. Equivalent to in + -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈə.nəx/

Adjective

innig (attributive innige, comparative inniger, superlative innigste)

  1. intimate

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch innich. Equivalent to in + -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪ.nəx/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧nig
  • Rhymes: -ɪnəx

Adjective

innig (comparative inniger, superlative innigst)

  1. intimate
    Hoewel korstmossen op het eerste gezicht plantaardige organismen lijken, zijn ze in werkelijkheid de innige symbiose van twee verschillende soorten: een schimmel en een groenwier of een blauwalg.( Korstmos on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl revisions before March of 2009)
    Although lichens at first sight appear to be plants, they are actually the intimate symbiosis of two different species: a fungus and a green alga or a blue-green alga.
  2. (obsolete) internal

Inflection

Inflection of innig
uninflected innig
inflected innige
comparative inniger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial inniginnigerhet innigst
het innigste
indefinite m./f. sing. innigeinnigereinnigste
n. sing. inniginnigerinnigste
plural innigeinnigereinnigste
definite innigeinnigereinnigste
partitive innigsinnigers

Derived terms

  • innigheid

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: innig

German

Etymology

From Middle High German innic.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

innig (strong nominative masculine singular inniger, comparative inniger, superlative am innigsten)

  1. intimate, deep
    • 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 276:
      Nur noch der Bauer hat diese innige Berührung mit dem Lande, die es zu einem Stück seiner selbst macht, wie er sich als Bestandteil des von ihm beackerten Grundes empfindet.
      Only the farmer still has this intimate contact with the land, which makes it a piece of his own, like he feels himself as an integral part of the ground that is plowed by him.

Declension

Further reading

  • innig” in Duden online
  • innig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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