beiwohnen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German bīwonen; analyzable as bei + wohnen. At least in part, probably a calque of Latin cohabitāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ̯ˌvoːnən/
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Verb
beiwohnen (weak, third-person singular present wohnt bei, past tense wohnte bei, past participle beigewohnt, auxiliary haben)
- (formal, intransitive + dative) to attend; to be present at (some gathering or event)
- Ich habe der damaligen Sitzung nicht beigewohnt.
- I did not attend that meeting back then.
- (formal, dated, intransitive + dative) to sleep with; to cohabit; to have sexual intercourse with (a woman)
- Viele Kulturen verbieten es, der Ehefrau während ihrer Monatsblutung beizuwohnen.
- Many cultures forbid cohabiting one’s wife during her menstrual period.
Usage notes
- While sense 2 is now infrequent, it is still familiar enough to preclude that sense 1 be used with personal objects.
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- Beiwohnen
- Beiwohner
- Beiwohnung
- beiwohnend
- beigewohnt
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