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Wiegen

Wiegen

See also: wiegen

German

Noun

Wiegen

  1. plural of Wiege

wiegen

wiegen

See also: Wiegen

German

Pronunciation

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

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-, derived terms such as bewegen retain the -e-. Compare Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Icelandic vega.

Verb

wiegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular simple present wiegt, past tense wog, past participle gewogen, past subjunctive wöge, auxiliary haben)

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

From Middle High German wigen, from wige (cradle) (modern Wiege).

Verb

wiegen (third-person singular simple present wiegt, past tense wiegte, past participle gewiegt, auxiliary haben)

  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
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