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German
Etymology
From Middle High German eteswer, etewer, etwer, etswer, also ettewer and corresponding neuter eteswaʒ, etewaʒ, etwaʒ, etswaʒ, also etteswaʒ, ettewaʒ. Compare Pennsylvania German ebber.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
etwer (neuter etwas)
- (dated, dialectal) someone, somebody; neuter something
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References
- etwer, etwas in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm
- etwer, etwas in DWDS
- 1828, Friedrich Schmitthenner, Teutonia: Ausführliche Teutsche Sprachlehre, page 258 (compare with page 257):
- Etwer und Etwas werden selten gebeugt, sollte dies aber sein, nach Wer und Was.
- 1838, J. G. Beilhack, Lehrbuch der deutschen Sprache zum Gebrauch in Landwirthschafts- und Gewerbsschulen, page 57:
- wer, etwer (nach: wer?)