zeugen

See also: Zeugen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzøːɣə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -øːɣən

Noun

zeugen

  1. Plural form of zeug

Anagrams


German

Etymology

From Middle High German ziugen, from Old High German giziugon[1]. Derived from Zeug.

  1. Steffi de Jong (2018), chapter 1, in The Witness as Object: Video Testimony in Memorial Museums (Museums and Collections; 10) (in English), Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 34: “The German word for witness, 'Zeuge', goes back to the Old High German 'giziugon' and the Middle High German 'ziugen', meaning 'producing through technical activity'.”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɔʏ̯ɡən/, [ˈt͡sɔʏ̯ɡn̩], [ˈt͡sɔʏ̯ɡŋ̍], [ˈt͡sɔʏ̯ɡən]
  • Hyphenation: zeu‧gen

Verb

zeugen (third-person singular simple present zeugt, past tense zeugte, past participle gezeugt, auxiliary haben)

  1. To beget, father, procreate
  2. To testify, bear witness, declare

Conjugation

Derived terms

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