weinen

== German == === Alternative forms === weynen (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German weinen, from Old High German weinōn (“to cry, lament, cry woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (“woe”). Related with Weh, English woe, which see. Cognate with Dutch wenen (“to weep, to cry”), Old English wānian (“to complain, lament”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯nən/, [ˈvaɪ̯-], [ˈʋaɪ̯-], [-nən], [-nn̩] Homophone: Weinen Hyphenation: wei‧nen === Verb === weinen (weak, third-person singular present weint, past tense weinte, past participle geweint, auxiliary haben) to weep, cry Synonyms: flennen; greinen; heulen; (regional) kreischen; wimmern ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== weh wenig === Further reading === “weinen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “weinen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “weinen” in Duden online “weinen” in OpenThesaurus.de == West Frisian == === Noun === weinen plural of wein