ewige

Ewige is the inflected form of the German adjective ewig, meaning eternal or everlasting. In German, adjectives agree with the noun in gender, number, and case; ewige is used before feminine singular nouns in the nominative or accusative case (die ewige Liebe) and before neuter singular nouns in the nominative or accusative (das ewige Licht). It also appears in the plural with die ewigen Zeiten.

As an attributive adjective, ewige generally precedes the noun, while in predicative position the form is not ewige but ewig, as in Die Liebe ist ewig.

Common phrases include ewige Ruhe (eternal rest), ewige Jugend (eternal youth), and die ewige Frage (the eternal question). The term often appears in religious, philosophical, and literary contexts to convey timelessness or permanence.

Ewige relates to related ideas such as Ewigkeit (eternity) and Unendlichkeit (infinity). It is primarily a descriptive, evaluative term used to express a lasting or perpetual quality and is a standard component of German vocabulary in both everyday and formal language.