wiegen

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch wiegen, derived from wiege (“cradle”) (Modern Dutch wieg). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iɣən === Verb === wiegen to rock, to sway ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== wieg ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: wieg Berbice Creole Dutch: wigi Negerhollands: wieg == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈviːɡən/, [ˈviː.ɡŋ̍], [ˈʋiː-], [-ɡən] Hyphenation: wie‧gen Rhymes: -iːɡn̩ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German wigen, a north-western variant of wegen, from generalisation of the latter's present singular forms (wige, wiges, wiget). Further from Old High German wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan. Cognate with Luxembourgish weien, Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Icelandic vega. The original e-form is preserved in the doublet wägen, which is now chiefly restricted to figurative senses and derivatives (abwägen, erwägen). Moreover, bewegen is partly from the same verb, partly from the causative (Proto-Germanic *wagjaną). ==== Verb ==== wiegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present wiegt, past tense wog, past participle gewogen, past subjunctive wöge, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to weigh; to be of a certain weight (usually transitive) to weigh; to measure the weight of Vom Wiegen wird die Sau nicht fett - The sow does not get fat from being weighed (You don't change a thing by checking it again) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== abwiegen überwiegen ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German wigen, from wige (“cradle”) (modern Wiege). ==== Verb ==== wiegen (weak, third-person singular present wiegt, past tense wiegte, past participle gewiegt, auxiliary haben) (transitive or reflexive) to move (something) from side to side; to sway; to shake; to rock Das Kind in den Schlaf wiegen ― rock the child to sleep Jemanden in Sicherheit wiegen ― feigning security to someone (transitive) to chop (e.g. herbs); to mince ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Wiegen Wieger Wiegung in Sicherheit wiegen den Kopf wiegen ===== Related terms ===== Wiege === Further reading === “wiegen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “wiegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “wiegen” in OpenThesaurus.de “ein Gewichthaben, feststellen” in Duden online “schaukeln, zerkleinern, aufrauen” in Duden online