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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vegen, from Old High German fegōn, from Proto-West Germanic *fegōn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fegen (weak, third-person singular present fegt, past tense fegte, past participle gefegt, auxiliary haben)
- to sweep
- Synonym: kehren
- (Southern Germany) to polish
- (Switzerland) to mop, scrub
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | fegen | ||||
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present participle | fegend | ||||
past participle | gefegt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fege | wir fegen | i | ich fege | wir fegen |
du fegst | ihr fegt | du fegest | ihr feget | ||
er fegt | sie fegen | er fege | sie fegen | ||
preterite | ich fegte | wir fegten | ii | ich fegte1 | wir fegten1 |
du fegtest | ihr fegtet | du fegtest1 | ihr fegtet1 | ||
er fegte | sie fegten | er fegte1 | sie fegten1 | ||
imperative | feg (du) fege (du) |
fegt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “fegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “fegen” in Duden online
- “fegen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse feginn, from Proto-Germanic *faganaz. Cognates include English fain.
Adjective
[edit]fegen (neuter fege or fegent, definite singular and plural fegne, comparative fegnare, indefinite superlative fegnast, definite superlative fegnaste)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fegen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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- Southern German
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- de:Cleaning
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