Wiege

See also: wiege

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wige (“cradle”), from Old High German wīga, wiega, referring to movement and therefore likely related to Proto-West Germanic *waggjan (“to cause to move”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːɡə/

• Audio:

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Noun

Wiege f (genitive Wiege, plural Wiegen)

1. cradle
2. (figuratively) infancy, origin
3. rocking blotter, blotting-paper rocker

Declension

Declension of Wiege [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wiege	die	Wiegen
genitive	einer	der	Wiege	der	Wiegen
dative	einer	der	Wiege	den	Wiegen
accusative	eine	die	Wiege	die	Wiegen

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Baby-Wiege
• Wiegebrett
• Wiegemesser
• Wiegendruck (“incunabulum”)
• Wiegenfest
• Wiegenkind
• Wiegenkorb
• Wiegenlied (“lullaby”)

Related terms

• wiegeln
• wiegen (“to move (something) from side to side; to sway; to shake; to rock”)

See also

• Inkunabel

Further reading

• “Wiege” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wiege” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Wiege” in Duden online
• Wiege on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de