Wiege
See also: wiege
German edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
Wiege f (genitive Wiege, plural Wiegen)
- cradle
- (figuratively) infancy, origin
- rocking blotter, blotting-paper rocker
Declension edit
Declension of Wiege [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- Baby-Wiege
- Wiegebrett
- Wiegemesser
- Wiegendruck (“incunabulum”)
- Wiegenfest
- Wiegenkind
- Wiegenkorb
- Wiegenlied (“lullaby”)
Related terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “Wiege” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wiege” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Wiege” in Duden online
- Wiege on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de