wieg

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋix/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: wieg
• Rhymes: -ix

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wiege, possibly from an affective variant of Proto-West Germanic *wagā (“craddle”), from Proto-Germanic *wagǭ. Compare the Old High German variants wīga (later Wiege) and waga.

Noun

wieg f (plural wiegen, diminutive wiegje n)

1. cradle
2. birthplace

Derived terms

• kinderwieg
• wiegelied
• wiegendood
• wiegendruk

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wieg
• Jersey Dutch: wîx
• → Papiamentu: wig, wieg

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

wieg

1. inflection of wiegen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

wieg

1. singular imperative of wiegen

Papiamentu

Noun

wieg

1. cradle

References

• Hassell, E. A. L. (1953), Dictionary English Papiamentu - Papiamentu English‎^[1] (overall work in English), San Nicolas, Aruba: Lago Oil and Transport Co., page 143