weichen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯çn̩/, /ˈvaɪ̯çən/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German wīchen, from Old High German wīchan, from Proto-West Germanic *wīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, curve; to divide”). ==== Verb ==== weichen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present weicht, past tense wich, past participle gewichen, auxiliary sein) (intransitive, literal) to move farther away, to make room, to yield [with dative or vor] jemandem nicht von der Seite weichen ― to stand by someone, to not leave someone's side (intransitive, figurative) to be replaced, to disappear [with dative ‘in favor of something’] (especially of buildings/shops and sentiments) (intransitive, formal) to wane, to decrease ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German weichen, from Old High German weihhen, from Proto-West Germanic *waikwijan. By surface analysis, weich (adjective) +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== weichen (weak, third-person singular present weicht, past tense weichte, past participle geweicht, auxiliary haben or sein) (transitive) to soften, to make more flexible or yielding [auxiliary haben] (intransitive) to soften [auxiliary sein] ===== Usage notes ===== The simplex is rare. The compounds below are much more common. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== aufweichen durchweichen einweichen erweichen === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== weichen inflection of weich: 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 === “weichen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[4] (in German) “weichen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “weichen” in Duden online “weichen” in OpenThesaurus.de