gewöhnen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gewenen, byform of gewennen, from Old High German giwennen, from Proto-West Germanic *gawannjan, prefixed form of *wannjan. Cognate with Dutch (ge)wennen, English wean. The ⟨ö⟩ is due to sporadic rounding of Middle High German /e/ in the vicinity of /ʃ/, /l/, and/or labials (cf. zwölf etc.). In this particular case, the development may have been reinforced by related words with original /o/: Gewohnheit, gewohnt, gewöhnlich. Particularly the last of these is now often interpreted as a derivative of gewöhnen, but this is false (Middle High German gewonlich). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈvøːnən/ === Verb === gewöhnen (weak, third-person singular present gewöhnt, past tense gewöhnte, past participle gewöhnt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to accustom, inure, make accustomed [with an (+ accusative) ‘to something’] (reflexive) to get used (to), accustom oneself, become accustomed [with an (+ accusative) ‘to something’] Sie hat sich daran gewöhnt. ― She got used to it. Ich kann mich nicht daran gewöhnen. ― I cannot get used to it. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “gewöhnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “gewöhnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “gewöhnen” in Duden online “gewöhnen” in OpenThesaurus.de