weiter German · revision 34982

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * [ˈvaɪ̯tɐ]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''weiter'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the comparative adverb of [[weit]]: [[inh|gmh|wīter]], [[inh|goh|wītōr]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(DWB|28, 1279)^(Wiktionary) The adjective is [[m|goh|wīt]], [[gem-pro|*wīdaz|t=wide]], the same word as [[ang|wīd]] and [[non|víðr]] and today [[en|wide]] and [[nl|wijd]].^(Kluge 2011|980)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Wiktionary) Kluge calls its further origin unclear;^(Kluge 2011|980)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|927) Pfeifer and Duden explain it as [[ine-pro|*u̯i-itós|t=gone apart]], from a particle meaning “apart” and the root of “go”.^(Kluge 2011|980)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|927)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adverb the comparative came to mean “on, beyond the point already reached”, and so the continuation of an action; in this sense it replaced ''ferner'' for movement in space, while ''ferner'' kept the sense “from now on”.^(Paul 2002) From this came the many compounds with ''weiter-'' (''weitergehen'', ''weiterentwickeln''), some already in the 16th century, such as ''Weiterfahrt''.^(DWB|28, 1279)^(Paul 2002) With negations and in questions it means “else, besides” (''nichts weiter''), and southern German has ''weiters'' “furthermore”.^(Paul 2002) The phrase ''und so weiter'' entered English in 1885.^(LWP)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # On, [[m|en|further]]: expressing that a movement or action continues.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Subsequently, from then on, afterwards.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # [[m|en|besides|alt=Besides]], else, otherwise.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # ''(colloquial, with a negation)'' Particularly, really.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # The comparative of [[weit]]: farther.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Interjection===

+ # Go on! Next!^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[weiterhin]]

+ * [[weitergehen]]

+ * [[Weiterfahrt]]

+ * [[erweitern]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[weiter-]]

+ * [[weit]]

+ * [[Weite]]

+ * [[ferner]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Und so weiter'' (abbreviated ''usw.'') ends a list whose further members are left out.^(Duden GWDS 1999) The adjective ''weitere'' means “additional, further”, and the set phrases ''bis auf weiteres'' (for the time being) and ''ohne weiteres'' (readily, without difficulty) belong to it.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}