German edit

 
eine webende Frau — a weaving woman

Etymology edit

From Middle High German weben, from Old High German weban, from Proto-West Germanic *weban. Compare Dutch weven, English weave, Danish væve.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈveːbən/, [ˈveː.bm̩]
  • (file)

Verb edit

weben (weak or class 4 strong, third-person singular present webt, past tense webte or wob, past participle gewebt or gewoben, past subjunctive webte or wöbe, auxiliary haben)

  1. to weave
  2. to intertwine (to twine together)

Usage notes edit

  • Both weak and strong forms are standard. For the sense “to weave”, the weak forms have been preferred, but at least the past participle gewoben is also common.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • weben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • weben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • weben” in Duden online
  • weben” in OpenThesaurus.de

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

web +‎ -en

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛbɛn]
  • Hyphenation: we‧ben

Noun edit

weben

  1. superessive singular of web