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Etymology

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From Middle High German zwîgen, from Old High German zwîgen. By surface analysis, Zweig +‎ -en.

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Verb

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zweigen (weak, third-person singular present zweigt, past tense zweigte, past participle gezweigt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (archaic, transitive) to graft, engraft, to branch off (insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc.)
    Synonyms: pfropfen, veredeln
  2. (archaic, intransitive) to bud out, to leaf out
    Synonym: austreiben
  3. (archaic, intransitive, reflexive) to branch out
    Synonym: verzweigen
  4. (archaic, poetic, reflexive) to fork, to bifurcate
    Synonyms: abzweigen, gabeln

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