weien

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Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German wigen, north-western variant of wegen with generalisation of the -i- of the present singular forms, from Old High German wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan.

Cognate with German wiegen, Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Icelandic vega. The Luxembourgish verb developed regularly as wigen > *wīen > weien. As still in leien, the original conjugation must have been weien, *wäit, *geweeën; but the forms were adapted by analogy with such verbs as dreiwen, dreift, gedriwwen.

Verb

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weien (third-person singular present weit, past participle gewien, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to weigh, to measure the weight of
  2. (intransitive) to weigh, to have a certain weight
Conjugation
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Regular
infinitive weien
participle gewien
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular weien
2nd singular weis wei
3rd singular weit
1st plural weien
2nd plural weit weit
3rd plural weien
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Middle High German and Old High German wīhen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan. Cognate with German weihen, Swedish viga, Icelandic vígja.

Verb

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weien (third-person singular present weit, past participle geweit, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive, Christianity) to consecrate, to hallow
Conjugation
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Regular
infinitive weien
participle geweit
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular weien
2nd singular weis wei
3rd singular weit
1st plural weien
2nd plural weit weit
3rd plural weien
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms
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