etlich

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German ëtelich, Old High German ëtalīh.[1] Compare etwas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛtlɪç/
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Adjective

etlich (strong nominative masculine singular etlicher, not comparable)

  1. several, a bunch, a number, a good deal
    • 1723, Johannis Micrälii Erstes Theil der Letzten Pommerischen Jahr-Geschichten, vom 1606. Jahr biß auff die Käyserliche Einquartierung in Pommer, und also das Vierdte Buch vom Pommer-Lande, Stetin und Leipzig, page 65:
      ... Zahlung etliches Geldes ...
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    • 1764, Greinir or Þeim Gaumlu Saugum, Laugum Og Iþrotter. Flockr. II. — Oder Nachlese von Alten und Neuen, Fremden und Eigenen, Einheimischen und Ausländischen, Abhandlungen, Anmerckungen, ungedruckten und seltenen gedruckten Sachen, Urkunden und Actis publicis. Zweites Stück., Stockholm, page 111:
      ... wegen etlichen Geldes ....
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    • 1772, Christian Wurstisen, Baßler-Chronick. Zweyter Band, Basel, page 533:
      ... mit Bestimmung 400. Gulden Geldes, etliches Weins, Korns und Habern ...
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    • 1874, Geschichts-Blätter für Stadt und Land Magdeburg. Mittheilungen des Vereins für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde des Herzogtums und Erzstifts Magdeburg, Magdeburg, page 190:
      ... Ueberschickung etliches Geldes ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “etlich”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

  • “etlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “etlich” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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