müßigen
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Middle High German müezigen, from Old High German muozīgen, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtīgijan.
Verb
[edit]müßigen (weak, third-person singular present müßigt, past tense müßigte, past participle gemüßigt, auxiliary haben) (archaic)
- to abstain from, to forgo [with genitive]
- to motivate, to impel
- Synonyms: bemüßigen, anmüßigen, veranlassen, bewegen, vermögen
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | müßigen | ||||
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present participle | müßigend | ||||
past participle | gemüßigt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich müßige | wir müßigen | i | ich müßige | wir müßigen |
du müßigst | ihr müßigt | du müßigest | ihr müßiget | ||
er müßigt | sie müßigen | er müßige | sie müßigen | ||
preterite | ich müßigte | wir müßigten | ii | ich müßigte1 | wir müßigten1 |
du müßigtest | ihr müßigtet | du müßigtest1 | ihr müßigtet1 | ||
er müßigte | sie müßigten | er müßigte1 | sie müßigten1 | ||
imperative | müßig (du) müßige (du) |
müßigt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]müßigen
- inflection of müßig:
Further reading
[edit]- “müßigen” in Duden online
- “müßigen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “müssigen” in Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 1986–.
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