immerwährend
German
editEtymology
editimmer (“ever, always”) + während (“being, lasting”)
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɪmɐˌvɛːʁənt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈɪmɐˌveːʁənt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: im‧mer‧wäh‧rend
Adjective
editimmerwährend (strong nominative masculine singular immerwährender, not comparable)
- perpetual; everlasting
- Synonym: (roughly) ewig
- immerwährende Jungfräulichkeit ― perpetual virginity
Declension
editPositive forms of immerwährend (uncomparable)