meinetwegen

== German == === Alternative forms === meinentwegen, meintwegen (both archaic) === Etymology === Shortened from von meinetwegen, which can be traced through two developmental routes. One route is from von meinentwegen / von meinent wegen, from von meinen wegen, from Middle High German von mînen wëgen, in which wegen was the dative plural of modern-day Weg and mînen was the possessive pronoun in the dative plural. Another route can be traced from von meintwegen / von meint wegen, from Middle High German von mînt wëgen, from von mîn wëgen, in which mîn was the genitive pronoun. See more at wegen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ̯nətˌveːɡən/, /ˌmaɪ̯nətˈveːɡən/ === Adverb === meinetwegen because of me; for my sake Synonyms: (colloquial) wegen mir, (dated) meinethalben, (dated) wegen meiner (informal) as far as I'm concerned (I don't mind if); for all I care Synonyms: von mir aus, ruhig (informal) say; for example === Further reading === “meinetwegen” in Duden online “meinetwegen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “meinetwegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “meinetwegen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.