Dutch

Noun

weit f ‎(uncountable)

1. wheat

Synonyms

• (wheat): tarwe

Related terms

• (wheat): boekweit

Anagrams

• wiet

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wīt, from Old High German wīt, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz. Compare Low German wied, Dutch wijd, English wide, Danish vid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vaɪ̯t]

Adjective

weit ‎(comparative weiter, superlative am weitesten)

1. wide
2. large
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 33/2010, page 83:

     Seit Ende Juli hat der Monsunregen die Flüsse in weiten Teilen Pakistans über die Ufer treten lassen und ganze Provinzen in Seen verwandelt.

     Since end of July the monsoon rain has made the rivers overflow their banks in large parts of Pakistan and turned whole provinces into lakes.

Declension

Derived terms

• himmelweit
• so weit, so gut (so far so good)

Adverb

weit

1. far

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑɪ̯t/

Etymology 1

From the inflected forms of Old High German *wīd, northern variant of wīt. Etymologically the same word as wäit ‎(“far”), which is from the uninflected form.

Adjective

weit ‎(masculine weiden, neuter weit, comparative méi weit or weider, superlative am weitsten)

1. wide; not narrow

Etymology 2

Verb

weit

1. inflection of weien:
   1. third-person singular simple present
   2. second-person plural simple present
   3. second-person plural imperative