weben

German

eine webende Frau — a weaving woman

Etymology

From Middle High German weben, from Old High German weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-. Compare Dutch weven, English weave, Danish væve.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈveːbən/, [ˈveː.bm̩]
  • (file)

Verb

weben (strong, third-person singular simple present webt, past tense webte or wob, past participle gewebt or gewoben, past subjunctive webte or wöbe, auxiliary haben)

  1. to weave
  2. to intertwine (to twine together)

Usage notes

  • Both weak and strong forms are standard. For the sense “to weave”, the weak forms have been preferred, but at least the past participle gewoben is also common.

Conjugation

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Further reading


Hungarian

Etymology

web + -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛbɛn]
  • Hyphenation: we‧ben

Noun

weben

  1. superessive singular of web
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