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-weise
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Weise weise
German
Etymology
From de Weise way, manner. Cognate with stq -wiese, nl -wijs, en -wise, da -vis, no -vis, sv -vis, yi ־ווײַז.
Pronunciation
de /ˌvaɪ̯zə/ Germany
de De--weise.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--weise.wav Germany
de /ˌvaɪ̯sɛ/ [ˌvaɛ̯-] [-̥zɛ] Austria,South German,Switzerland
de -wei se
Suffix
de suffix adverb-forming suffixes
Used to form adverbs from nouns.
de Teil part teilweise partly, in part
de Gruppe group gruppenweise in groups
de Kreuz cross kreuzweise in a cross
de Eimer bucket eimerweise in buckets
Used to form adverbs from adjectives or participles together with the interfix de -er-.
→ see de -erweise
Usage notes
Words formed with de -weise are sometimes used as adjectives (e.g. de schrittweise in de der schrittweise Anstieg and de ein schrittweiser Anstieg). Such usage however is disputed.
Derived terms
de
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