meinetwegen
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German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- meinentwegen, meintwegen (both archaic)
Etymology[edit]
Shortened from von meinetwegen, which can be traced through two developmental routes. One route is from von meinentwegen / von meinent wegen, from von meinen wegen, from Middle High German von mînen wegen, in which wegen was the dative plural of modern-day Weg and mînen was the possessive pronoun in the dative plural.
Another route can be traced from von meintwegen / von meint wegen, from Middle High German von mînt wegen, from von mîn wegen, in which mîn was the genitive pronoun. See more at wegen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
meinetwegen
- because of me, for my sake
- Synonyms: (colloquial) wegen mir, (dated) meinethalben, (dated) wegen meiner
- Das ist alles meinetwegen passiert.
- All of this happened because of me.
- (informal) as far as I'm concerned (I don't mind if); for all I care
- Synonyms: von mir aus, ruhig
- Meinetwegen können Sie mitkommen.
- As far as I am concerned, you can come with us.
Further reading[edit]
- “meinetwegen” in Duden online
- “meinetwegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “meinetwegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “meinetwegen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.