dividual
English
WOTD – 12 October 2010
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈvɪd͡ʒuəl/
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Adjective
dividual (not comparable)
- Separate, distinct.
- Divisible, divided.
- 1895, George MacDonald, Lilith[1]:
- She began to moan, and sigh deep sighs, then murmur as holding colloquy with a dividual self: her queendom was no longer whole; it was divided against itself.
- Shared, held in common (with others).
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica[2]:
- So that a man may say his religion is now no more within himself, but is become a dividual movable, and goes and comes near him, according as that good man frequents the house.
Derived terms
Translations
separate, distinct
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
dividual (strong nominative masculine singular dividualer, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of dividual (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist dividual | sie ist dividual | es ist dividual | sie sind dividual | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dividualer | dividuale | dividuales | dividuale |
| genitive | dividualen | dividualer | dividualen | dividualer | |
| dative | dividualem | dividualer | dividualem | dividualen | |
| accusative | dividualen | dividuale | dividuales | dividuale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der dividuale | die dividuale | das dividuale | die dividualen |
| genitive | des dividualen | der dividualen | des dividualen | der dividualen | |
| dative | dem dividualen | der dividualen | dem dividualen | den dividualen | |
| accusative | den dividualen | die dividuale | das dividuale | die dividualen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein dividualer | eine dividuale | ein dividuales | (keine) dividualen |
| genitive | eines dividualen | einer dividualen | eines dividualen | (keiner) dividualen | |
| dative | einem dividualen | einer dividualen | einem dividualen | (keinen) dividualen | |
| accusative | einen dividualen | eine dividuale | ein dividuales | (keine) dividualen | |