seinetwegen

== German == === Alternative forms === seinentwegen, seintwegen (both archaic) === Etymology === Shortened from von seinetwegen, which can be traced through two developmental routes. One route is from von seinentwegen / von seinent wegen, from von seinen wegen, from Middle High German von sînen wegen, in which wegen was the dative plural of modern-day Weg and sînen was the possessive pronoun in the dative plural. Another route can be traced from von seintwegen / von seint wegen, from Middle High German von sînt wegen, from von sîn wegen, in which sîn was the genitive pronoun. See more at wegen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯nətˌveːɡən/, /ˌzaɪ̯nətˈveːɡən/ === Adverb === seinetwegen because of him, for his sake Synonym: (colloquial) wegen ihm as far as he is concerned (he doesn't mind if); for all he cares === Further reading === “seinetwegen” in Duden online “seinetwegen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “seinetwegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “seinetwegen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.