wiegen

See also: Wiegen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iɣən

Verb

wiegen

  1. to rock, to sway

Inflection

Inflection of wiegen (weak)
infinitive wiegen
past singular wiegde
past participle gewiegd
infinitive wiegen
gerund wiegen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular wiegwiegde
2nd person sing. (jij) wiegtwiegde
2nd person sing. (u) wiegtwiegde
2nd person sing. (gij) wiegtwiegde
3rd person singular wiegtwiegde
plural wiegenwiegden
subjunctive sing.1 wiegewiegde
subjunctive plur.1 wiegenwiegden
imperative sing. wieg
imperative plur.1 wiegt
participles wiegendgewiegd
1) Archaic.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːɡən/, [ˈviːɡn̩], [ˈviːɡŋ̩]
  • Hyphenation: wie‧gen
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German wegen, from Old High German wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-. Although the base word now has -ie-, derived terms such as bewegen retain the -e-. Compare Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Icelandic vega.

Verb

wiegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular simple present wiegt, past tense wog, past participle gewogen, past subjunctive wöge, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to weigh; to measure the weight of; to balance
  2. (intransitive or reflexive) to weigh; to be of a certain weight
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German wigen, from wige (cradle) (modern Wiege).

Verb

wiegen (third-person singular simple present wiegt, past tense wiegte, past participle gewiegt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or reflexive) to move (something) from side to side; to sway; to shake; to rock
  2. (transitive) to chop (e.g. herbs); to mince
Conjugation
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