irgend
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German io wergin, hwergin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hwargin.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
editirgend
- at all
- Komm heute noch vorbei, wenn es irgend geht.
- Come by (still) today if at all possible.
- any, some
Usage notes
editIn text messaging, irgend is sometimes shortened as i like iwann (from irgendwann).
Derived terms
edit- irgendein, irgend ein – irgendeiner
- irgendetwas, irgend etwas
- irgendjemand
- irgendwann
- irgendwas
- irgendwer
- irgendwie
- irgendwo
- irgendwelche
Further reading
edit- “irgend” in Duden online
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “irgend”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891