irgend

== German == === Alternative forms === jrgent (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German irgent, iergen (“somewhere”), from Old High German io wergin, hwergin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hwargin. === Pronunciation === === Adverb === irgend (chiefly with möglich) at all (regarding possibility/ability) soweit irgend möglich ― if at all possible (informal, with certain pronouns and adverbs) any, some ==== Usage notes ==== In text messaging, irgend is sometimes shortened as i like iwann (from irgendwann). (any, some): In combination with pronouns that are already indefinite, the arbitrariness and lack of individual significance is emphasized. In standard spelling, irgend in this sense is chiefly merged with the following pronoun or adverb (see derived terms). Separated spelling occurs especially with the generalizing particle so, as in "irgend so ein" (some kind of/some random). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== nirgend === Further reading === “irgend” in Duden online Friedrich Kluge (1883), “irgend”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891