zweigen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German zwîgen, from Old High German zwîgen. By surface analysis, Zweig +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === === Verb === zweigen (weak, third-person singular present zweigt, past tense zweigte, past participle gezweigt, auxiliary haben) (archaic, transitive) to graft, engraft, to branch off (insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc.) Synonyms: pfropfen, veredeln (archaic, intransitive) to bud out, to leaf out Synonym: austreiben (archaic, intransitive, reflexive) to branch out Synonym: verzweigen (archaic, poetic, reflexive) to fork, to bifurcate Synonyms: abzweigen, gabeln ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== abzweigen verzweigen ==== Further reading ==== “zweigen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.