wiegen

See also: Wiegen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iɣən

Verb

wiegen

1. to rock, to sway

Inflection

Conjugation of wiegen (weak)
infinitive	wiegen
past singular	wiegde
past participle	gewiegd
infinitive	wiegen
gerund	wiegen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	wieg	wiegde
2nd person sing. (jij)	wiegt	wiegde
2nd person sing. (u)	wiegt	wiegde
2nd person sing. (gij)	wiegt	wiegde
3rd person singular	wiegt	wiegde
plural	wiegen	wiegden
subjunctive sing.1	wiege	wiegde
subjunctive plur.1	wiegen	wiegden
imperative sing.	wieg
imperative plur.1	wiegt
participles	wiegend	gewiegd
1) Archaic.

Related terms

• wieg

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːɡən/, [ˈviːɡn̩], [ˈviːɡŋ̩]
• Hyphenation: wie‧gen

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German wegen, from Old High German wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-. Although the base word now has -ie- (after 2sg. and 3sg. pres. ind.), derived terms such as bewegen retain the -e-. Compare Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Icelandic vega.

Verb

1. (transitive) to weigh; to measure the weight of; to balance
2. (intransitive or reflexive) to weigh; to be of a certain weight

Derived terms

• überwiegen

Related terms

• Gewicht
• wägen

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German wigen, from wige (“cradle”) (modern Wiege).

Verb

1. (transitive or reflexive) to move (something) from side to side; to sway; to shake; to rock
2. (transitive) to chop (e.g. herbs); to mince

Related terms

• Wiege+