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weg

See also: Weg, WEG, weg-, -weg, and węg.

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch weg, from Middle Dutch wech, from Old Dutch weh, weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vɛχ/
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Noun edit

weg (plural weë)

  1. way; path

Derived terms edit

Adverb edit

weg

  1. away

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch wech, from Old Dutch weh, weg, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

weg m (plural wegen, diminutive wegje n or weggetje n)

  1. way, road
  2. manner, way (figuratively)
    Waar een wil is, is een weg.
    Where there's a will, there's a way.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: weg

Adverb edit

weg

  1. away
  2. gone, disappeared
    Synonym: (slang) loesoe
  3. (slang) hammered
    Hij was echt weg toen.
    He was really schnockered.

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adverbs
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German edit

Etymology edit

Shortened from Middle High German enwec, from Old High German in weg, corresponding to modern in +‎ Weg. The first syllable is still seen in dialectal forms with e-; compare Luxembourgish ewech. Cognate with Dutch weg, Hunsrik wech, English away.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vɛk/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /vɛç/ (northern and central Germany; becoming rare for this particular word)
  • Audio (Bavarian)(file)

Adverb edit

weg

  1. away
    Geh weg! ― Go away!
  2. gone, not there
    Meine Tasche ist weg. ― My bag is gone.
    Das Rezept ist mit Knoblauch, aber du kannst ihn auch weglassen.
    The recipe is with garlic, but you can also do it without.
    (literally, “... you can also leave it away.”)
  3. (regional, Westphalia) from
    Wo bist du denn weg?
    And you, where do you come from?

Conjunction edit

weg

  1. (now rare) minus
    • 2007, Michael Gaidoschik, Rechenschwäche verstehen - Kinder gezielt fördern: Ein Leitfaden für die Unterrichtspraxis, page 76:
      [...] 3+5 „drei und fünf“ oder „drei plus fünf“ [...] „8-5“ als „acht weg fünf“ oder „acht weniger fünf“ oder „acht minus fünf“ [...]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2008, Matthias E. Jacob, Der erotische Bücherwurm: Dreizehn Geschichten aller Art, 2nd edition, page 22:
      Mathematik war das noch nicht; man sagte „und“ und „weg“ und „mal“ und „durch“. Eigentlich sollte man diese Sprachregelung wieder einführen, denn es sagt sich viel leichter „1 weg minus 2 ist 3“ als „1 minus minus 2 ist 3“.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective edit

weg (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. (informal, predicative only) unconscious; passed out
  2. (informal, predicative only) hammered; so drunk as being close to unconsciousness

Declension edit

Indeclinable, predicative-only.

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Ibanag edit

Noun edit

weg

  1. brook; stream; pond

North Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian wike, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā. Cognates include West Frisian wike.

Noun edit

weg m (plural wegen)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) week
    iansis a weg ― once a week
    iarst uun a weg, began faan a weg ― beginning/start of the week
    maden uun a weg, maden faan a weg ― middle of the week
    letst uun a weg, aanj faan a weg ― middle of the week

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *weg.

Noun edit

weg m

  1. way, path

Inflection edit

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Declension of weg
Singular Plural
nominative weg wega
accusative weg wega
genitive weges wego
dative wege wegon

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Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • “weg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz.

Cognates include Old Frisian wei, Old Saxon weg, Old Dutch weg, Old High German weg, Old Norse vegr, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs). Compare West Frisian wei, Dutch weg, Icelandic vegur, Faroese vegur, Danish vej, Norwegian vei, and Swedish väg, which are all still the main word for both "way" and "road" in their respective languages.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

weġ m (nominative plural wegas)

  1. way
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
      Ġetǣċ mē þone weġ.
      Show me the way.
    • c. 992, Ælfric of Eynsham, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
      Wē ne magon ġeċierran þæs weġes þe wē cōmon.
      We can't go back the way we came.
    • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
      Hē lǣdde mē eft þȳ selfan weġe þe wit ǣr cōmon.
      He brought me back the same way we came before.
    • The Life of Saint Margaret
      Eall hīe hāl and ġesund on heora weġe hām ġewenton.
      They all went safe and sound on their way home.
    • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, year 888
      Æðelswīþ cwēn, sēo wæs Ælfrēdes sweostor cyninges, forþfērde be Rōme weġe.
      Queen Æthelswith, who was King Alfred's sister, died on the way to Rome.
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 1:22
      Uton sendan sċēaweras þæt sċēawiġen þæt land and cȳðen ūs on hwelcne weġ wē faran sċulon and tō hwelcum burgum.
      Let's send spies who can survey the land and tell us which way to go and to what cities.
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
      nu ic wæs of þam rihtan wege mines ingeþances ac betere hit bið þæt ic eft fare ut of þysum porte ðylæs þe ic to swiðe dwelige and for-þy þonne ne cume to minum geferum þe me ær hyder sendon; gewislice ic her ongyten hæbbe þæt me hæfð gelæht fæste mines modes oferstige þæt ic nat na forgeare hu ic hit þus macige.
      Now I was in the right way in my inward thought, but better will it be that I go out of this town again lest I be too greatly bewildered, and so may not come to my comrades who erewhile sent me here; certainly I have here perceived that the over anxiety of my mind hath here seized me, so that I know not very certainly why I thus act.
  2. road

Usage notes edit

  • Weġ means "way" as in "path, road, direction, means to enter or leave a place." For "way" as in "method or manner of doing something, state or condition," the word used is wīse.

Declension edit

Declension of weg (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative weġ wegas
accusative weġ wegas
genitive weġes wega
dative weġe wegum

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Old High German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *weg. Cognate with Old Saxon weg, Old Dutch weg, Old English weġ, Old Norse vegr, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs).

Noun edit

weg m (plural wega)

  1. way

Declension edit

Declension of weg (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative weg wega
accusative weg wega
genitive weges wego
dative wege wegum
instrumental wegu —

Descendants edit

  • Middle High German: wec
    • Alemannic German: Wäg
    • Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: bèg, bege
      Mòcheno: be
    • Central Franconian: Wääch
      • Luxembourgish: Wee (from dative and plural)
      • Hunsrik: Wegh
    • German: Weg
    • Pennsylvania German: Weg
    • Yiddish: וועג (veg)

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Germanic cognates include Old English weġ (whence modern English way), Old Dutch weg, Old High German weg, Old Norse vegr, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs).

Noun edit

weg m

  1. way; path; road

Declension edit

Declension of weg (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative weg wegos
accusative weg wegos
genitive weges wegō
dative wege wegum
instrumental — —


Descendants edit

  • Middle Low German: wech
    • Dutch Low Saxon: weg
    • German Low German: Weg
    • Plautdietsch: Wajch
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