müßigen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmyːsɪɡən/ from 1996: mü‧ßi‧gen before 1996: müs‧si‧gen === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle High German müezigen, from Old High German muozīgen, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtīgijan. ==== Verb ==== müßigen (weak, third-person singular present müßigt, past tense müßigte, past participle gemüßigt, auxiliary haben) (archaic) to abstain from, to forgo [with genitive] Synonyms: sich enthalten, abstehen von to motivate, to impel Synonyms: bemüßigen, anmüßigen, veranlassen, bewegen, vermögen ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== müßigen inflection of müßig: strong genitive masculine/neuter singular weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular strong dative plural weak/mixed all-case plural === Further reading === “müßigen” in Duden online “müßigen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “müssigen” in Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 1986–.