See also: Zeugen

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzøːɣə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -øːɣən

Noun

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zeugen

  1. plural of zeug

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German ziugen, geziugen, from Old High German giziugon, from ziug, ultimately from the root of ziehen (to move, pull, migrate).

Equivalent to Zeug +‎ -en.[1] Cognate with Vilamovian cajgia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɔʏ̯ɡən/, [ˈt͡sɔʏ̯ɡn̩], [ˈt͡sɔʏ̯ɡŋ̍], [ˈt͡sɔʏ̯ɡən]
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  • Hyphenation: zeu‧gen

Verb

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zeugen (weak, third-person singular present zeugt, past tense zeugte, past participle gezeugt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to beget, father, procreate
  2. to testify, bear witness, declare

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Steffi de Jong (2018) chapter 1, in The Witness as Object: Video Testimony in Memorial Museums (Museums and Collections; 10), Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 34:The German word for witness, 'Zeuge', goes back to the Old High German 'giziugon' and the Middle High German 'ziugen', meaning 'producing through technical activity'.

Further reading

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