FromMiddle High Germanalmachtich, fromOld High Germanalamahtīg, fromProto-Germanic*alamahtīgaz. Cognate withGermanallmächtig,Dutchalmachtig,Englishalmighty,Icelandicalmáttugur.
almachtig
FromMiddle Dutchalmechtich, fromOld Dutch*alamahtīg (debatably attested in theOld Saxon Baptismal Vow, the linguistic classification of which is unclear and which contains Old Dutch features), fromProto-Germanic*alamahtīgaz. Bysurface analysis,almacht +-ig, although in factalmacht is a back-formation from the adjective; alternatively may be interpreted asal- +machtig.
almachtig (comparativealmachtiger,superlativealmachtigst)
| Declension ofalmachtig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | almachtig | |||
| inflected | almachtige | |||
| comparative | almachtiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | almachtig | almachtiger | hetalmachtigst hetalmachtigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | almachtige | almachtigere | almachtigste |
| n. sing. | almachtig | almachtiger | almachtigste | |
| plural | almachtige | almachtigere | almachtigste | |
| definite | almachtige | almachtigere | almachtigste | |
| partitive | almachtigs | almachtigers | — | |