offen

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English

Etymology 1

Adverb

offen (comparative more offen, superlative most offen)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of often.

Etymology 2

Adverb

offen (comparative more offen, superlative most offen)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of off
    • 1893, Marietta Holley, Samantha at the World's Fair, page 79:
      His old rubber boots wuz all wore offen him, his clothes hangin' in rags and tatters where he had rushed through the woods and swamps, his feet and hands all froze.
    • 1909, Grace Miller White, Tess of the Storm Country, page 241:
      "If I tells Pa Satisfied that ye said that, Myry," muttered the boy, "he wouldn't wait for the law to handle Ben Letts — he'd shoot his dum head offen him quicker than a cat can blink."
    • 2018, William W. Johnstone, J. A. Johnstone, Hang Him Twice, →ISBN:
      “The one Dooley won offen him.” The marshal stared hard at Dooley, then at Chester, then at his four deputies, then at Mort the undertaker, and finally at Blue, who was gnawing on a steak bone. “You read too many dime novels.”

German

Etymology

From Middle High German offen, Old High German offan, ofan, ophan, from Proto-West Germanic *opan. Cognate with Low German open, apen, Dutch open, English open, Danish åben, Swedish öppen. Related to auf.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔɔfɱ̩/, /ˈʔɔfən/

Adjective

offen (strong nominative masculine singular offener, comparative offener, superlative am offensten)

  1. open
  2. frank, candid
  3. honest, sincere

Declension

Positive forms of offen
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist offen sie ist offen es ist offen sie sind offen
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative offener offene offenes offene
genitive offenen offener offenen offener
dative offenem offener offenem offenen
accusative offenen offene offenes offene
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der offene die offene das offene die offenen
genitive des offenen der offenen des offenen der offenen
dative dem offenen der offenen dem offenen den offenen
accusative den offenen die offene das offene die offenen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein offener eine offene ein offenes (keine) offenen
genitive eines offenen einer offenen eines offenen (keiner) offenen
dative einem offenen einer offenen einem offenen (keinen) offenen
accusative einen offenen eine offene ein offenes (keine) offenen
Comparative forms of offen
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist offener sie ist offener es ist offener sie sind offener
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative offenerer offenere offeneres offenere
genitive offeneren offenerer offeneren offenerer
dative offenerem offenerer offenerem offeneren
accusative offeneren offenere offeneres offenere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der offenere die offenere das offenere die offeneren
genitive des offeneren der offeneren des offeneren der offeneren
dative dem offeneren der offeneren dem offeneren den offeneren
accusative den offeneren die offenere das offenere die offeneren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein offenerer eine offenere ein offeneres (keine) offeneren
genitive eines offeneren einer offeneren eines offeneren (keiner) offeneren
dative einem offeneren einer offeneren einem offeneren (keinen) offeneren
accusative einen offeneren eine offenere ein offeneres (keine) offeneren
Superlative forms of offen
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am offensten sie ist am offensten es ist am offensten sie sind am offensten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative offenster offenste offenstes offenste
genitive offensten offenster offensten offenster
dative offenstem offenster offenstem offensten
accusative offensten offenste offenstes offenste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der offenste die offenste das offenste die offensten
genitive des offensten der offensten des offensten der offensten
dative dem offensten der offensten dem offensten den offensten
accusative den offensten die offenste das offenste die offensten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein offenster eine offenste ein offenstes (keine) offensten
genitive eines offensten einer offensten eines offensten (keiner) offensten
dative einem offensten einer offensten einem offensten (keinen) offensten
accusative einen offensten eine offenste ein offenstes (keine) offensten

Synonyms

Antonyms

Adverb

offen

  1. openly
    Das müssen wir auch hier offen sagen.
    We must state this openly here.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “offen” in Duden online
  • “offen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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