weien
Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German wigen, north-western variant of wegen with generalisation of the -i- of the present singular forms, from Old High German wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan.
Cognate with German wiegen, Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Icelandic vega. The Luxembourgish verb developed regularly as wigen > *wīen > weien. As still in leien, the original conjugation must have been weien, *wäit, *geweeën; but the forms were adapted by analogy with such verbs as dreiwen, dreift, gedriwwen.
Verb edit
weien (third-person singular present weit, past participle gewien, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to weigh, to measure the weight of
- (intransitive) to weigh, to have a certain weight
Conjugation edit
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | weien | |
| participle | gewien | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | weien | — |
| 2nd singular | weis | wei |
| 3rd singular | weit | — |
| 1st plural | weien | — |
| 2nd plural | weit | weit |
| 3rd plural | weien | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German and Old High German wīhen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan. Cognate with German weihen, Swedish viga, Icelandic vígja.
Verb edit
weien (third-person singular present weit, past participle geweit, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive, Christianity) to consecrate, to hallow
Conjugation edit
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | weien | |
| participle | geweit | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | weien | — |
| 2nd singular | weis | wei |
| 3rd singular | weit | — |
| 1st plural | weien | — |
| 2nd plural | weit | weit |
| 3rd plural | weien | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||