wiegen
Dutch Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle Dutch wēgen, from Old Dutch *wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan.
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
wiegen
Inflection Edit
Inflection of wiegen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | wiegen | |||
past singular | wiegde | |||
past participle | gewiegd | |||
infinitive | wiegen | |||
gerund | wiegen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | wieg | wiegde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | wiegt | wiegde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | wiegt | wiegde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | wiegt | wiegde | ||
3rd person singular | wiegt | wiegde | ||
plural | wiegen | wiegden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | wiege | wiegde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | wiegen | wiegden | ||
imperative sing. | wieg | |||
imperative plur.1 | wiegt | |||
participles | wiegend | gewiegd | ||
1) Archaic. |
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Pronunciation Edit
- IPA(key): /ˈviːɡən/, [ˈviː.ɡŋ̍], [ˈʋiː-], [-ɡən]
audio (file) audio (file) audio (file) - Hyphenation: wie‧gen
- Rhymes: -iːɡn̩
Etymology 1 Edit
From Middle High German wigen, a north-western variant of wegen, from generalisation of the latter's present singular forms (wige, wiges, wiget). Further from Old High German wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan.
Cognate with Luxembourgish weien, Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Icelandic vega.
The original e-form is preserved in the doublet wägen, which is now chiefly restricted to figurative senses and derivatives (abwägen, erwägen). Moreover, bewegen is partly from the same verb, partly from the causative (Proto-Germanic *wagjaną).
Verb Edit
wiegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present wiegt, past tense wog, past participle gewogen, past subjunctive wöge, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to weigh; to be of a certain weight
- (usually transitive) to weigh; to measure the weight of
- Vom Wiegen wird die Sau nicht fett - The sow does not get fat from being weighed (You don't change a thing by checking it again)
Conjugation Edit
infinitive | wiegen | ||||
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present participle | wiegend | ||||
past participle | gewogen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wiege | wir wiegen | i | ich wiege | wir wiegen |
du wiegst | ihr wiegt | du wiegest | ihr wieget | ||
er wiegt | sie wiegen | er wiege | sie wiegen | ||
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 | wieg (du) wiege (du) |
wiegt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Etymology 2 Edit
From Middle High German wigen, from wige (“cradle”) (modern Wiege).
Verb Edit
wiegen (weak, third-person singular present wiegt, past tense wiegte, past participle gewiegt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or reflexive) to move (something) from side to side; to sway; to shake; to rock
- Das Kind in den Schlag wiegen ― rock the child to sleep
- Jemanden in Sicherheit wiegen ― feigning security to someone
- (transitive) to chop (e.g. herbs); to mince
Conjugation Edit
infinitive | wiegen | ||||
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present participle | wiegend | ||||
past participle | gewiegt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wiege | wir wiegen | i | ich wiege | wir wiegen |
du wiegst | ihr wiegt | du wiegest | ihr wieget | ||
er wiegt | sie wiegen | er wiege | sie wiegen | ||
preterite | ich wiegte | wir wiegten | ii | ich wiegte1 | wir wiegten1 |
du wiegtest | ihr wiegtet | du wiegtest1 | ihr wiegtet1 | ||
er wiegte | sie wiegten | er wiegte1 | sie wiegten1 | ||
imperative | wieg (du) wiege (du) |
wiegt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Further reading Edit
- “wiegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “wiegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “wiegen” in OpenThesaurus.de
- “ein Gewichthaben, feststellen” in Duden online
- “schaukeln, zerkleinern, aufrauen” in Duden online