wägen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German wegen, from Old High German wegan.[1] Doublet of wiegen. Compare Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Swedish väga.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /vɛːɡən/, /vɛːɡn̩/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
Audio (file) Audio (file) - IPA(key): /veːɡən/, /veːɡn̩/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: wä‧gen
Verb edit
wägen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present wägt, past tense wog, past participle gewogen, past subjunctive wöge, auxiliary haben)
- (literary) to weigh
- Synonym: wiegen
- Für das Experiment wägt die Laborantin die chemischen Substanzen auf Mikrogramm genau.
- For the experiment, the laboratory assistant weighs the chemical substances to the nearest microgram.
- to ponder
Conjugation edit
infinitive | wägen | ||||
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present participle | wägend | ||||
past participle | gewogen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wäge | wir wägen | i | ich wäge | wir wägen |
du wägst | ihr wägt | du wägest | ihr wäget | ||
er wägt | sie wägen | er wäge | sie wägen | ||
preterite | ich wog | wir wogen | ii | ich wöge1 | wir wögen1 |
du wogst | ihr wogt | du wögest1 du wögst1 |
ihr wöget1 ihr wögt1 | ||
er wog | sie wogen | er wöge1 | sie wögen1 | ||
imperative | wäg (du) wäge (du) |
wägt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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References edit
- ^ 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