wägen
German
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German wegen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German wegan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *weganą[1], from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-. Compare Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Swedish väga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛːɡən/, /vɛːɡn̩/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /veːɡən/, /veːɡn̩/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: wä‧gen
Verb
- to weigh something
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References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “wägen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
External links
- “wägen” in Duden online