euretwegen

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Shortened from von euretwegen, which can be traced through two developmental routes. One route is from von eurentwegen / von eurent wegen, from von euren wegen, from Middle High German von iuwern wegen, in which wegen was the dative plural of modern-day Weg and iuwern was the possessive pronoun in the dative plural.

Another route can be traced from von euertwegen / von euert wegen, from von euer wegen, from Middle High German von iuwer wegen, in which iuwer was the genitive pronoun. See more at wegen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɔʏ̯ʁətˌveːɡən/, /ˌɔʏ̯ʁətˈveːɡən/
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Adverb

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euretwegen

  1. because of you (2nd person plural), for your sake
    Synonym: (colloquial) wegen euch
    Das ist alles euretwegen passiert.
    All of this happened because of you.
  2. as far as you (2nd person plural) are concerned (you don't mind if); for all you care
    Euretwegen kann ich mitkommen?
    As far as you are concerned, I can come with you?

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